CVE-2011-3918 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2011-3918

The Zygote process in Android 4.0.3 and earlier accepts fork...

Vulnerability Description

The Zygote process in Android 4.0.3 and earlier accepts fork requests from processes with arbitrary UIDs, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (reboot loop) via a crafted application.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

android
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.0, 1.1, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.3, 2.3.1, 2.3.2, 2.3.3, 2.3.4, 2.3.5, 2.3.6, 2.3.7, 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.4, 3.2.6, 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2

Timeline

Official Publish: October 7th, 2012
Last Modified: September 16th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.