# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Dec 2012
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p6q2-j6m2-jjjw

## 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 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-6301?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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:

- Android Stock Browser Iframe DOS (metasploit)

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-6301 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-6301 exists.

Affected product: Google Android. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-6301/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-6301/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6301
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6301
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-6301

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