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
Published Oct 7, 2012
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.35%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 4.0.3
- 1.0
- 1.1
- 1.5
- 1.6
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.1
- 2.2
- 2.2
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 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
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (17 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.35% (0.01354) | 70.58th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.35% (0.01354) | 67.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 15, 2025 | 10.07% (0.10066) | 92.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.84% (0.04845) | 88.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.71% (0.03713) | 79.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.84% (0.04845) | 88.80th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.14% (0.00139) | 51.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00078) | 33.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.08% (0.00078) | 31.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.26% (0.00262) | 63.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2023 | 0.30% (0.00297) | 64.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.42% (0.00422) | 70.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.96% (0.01963) | 78.58th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Dec 22, 2022 | 1.96% (0.01963) | 78.13th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 20, 2022 | 2.34% (0.02345) | 80.74th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.81% (0.02808) | 81.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.81% (0.02808) | 63.95th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (2)
- http://www.ai-lab.it/merlo/publications/DoSAndroid.pdf x_refsource_MISC
- https://code.google.com/p/android-source-browsing/source/detail?repo=platform--system--core&r=e7fd911fd42b x_refsource_CONFIRM
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.ai-lab.it/merlo/publications/DoSAndroid.pdf | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://code.google.com/p/android-source-browsing/source/detail?repo=platform--system--core&r=e7fd911fd42b | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
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