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.

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{'score': 0.04845}

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{'score': 0.10066}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T17:44:12.890Z

Reserved: 2011-10-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-3918

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2012-10-07T15:55:01.080

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-3918

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