Description (CNA)
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.
Affected (CNA)
| Vendor / product | Versions |
|---|---|
| n/a / n/a | affected n/a |
CWE
No CWE identifiers supplied.
References
- http://www.ai-lab.it/merlo/publications/DoSAndroid.pdf
- https://code.google.com/p/android-source-browsing/source/detail?repo=platform--system--core&r=e7fd911fd42b
ADP enrichment
No English description supplied.