CVE-2012-6301 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Android Browser application by tricking users into visiting a page with a crafted market URI in an iframe.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-6301?
CVE-2012-6301 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 10 Dec 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Browser application in Android 4.0.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted market: URI in the SRC attribute of an IFRAME element.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-6301?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2012-6301?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-6301 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2012-6301 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-6301 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as GHSA-p6q2-j6m2-jjjw.