CVE-2011-3918 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Android 4.0.3 and earlier versions, where the Zygote process improperly accepts fork requests from arbitrary UIDs. This allows a remote attacker, via a crafted application, to trigger a reboot loop on the affected device. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit for this vulnerability is publicly available on ExploitDB, though it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.