CVE-2011-3918

HighCVSS 7.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.8/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Oct 7, 2012
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2011-3918: High severity, CVSS 7.8 | Vulnix