CVE-2011-1823

Confirmed PUBLISHED

The vold volume manager daemon on Android 3.0 and 2.x before 2.3.4 trusts messages that are received from a PF_NETLINK socket, which allows local...

Google · Android
Exploited in the wild

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Confidence
Confirmed
Exploitation Status
Exploited in the wild
Observed in Sensors
No
Attempts (30d)
Unique Attacker IPs
CISA KEV
In CISA KEV
CVSS / EPSS
7.8 High

At a Glance

The vold volume manager daemon on Android 3.0 and 2.x before 2.3.4 trusts messages that are received from a PF_NETLINK socket, which allows local users to execute arbitrary code and gain root privileges via a negative index that bypasses a maximum-only signed integer check in the DirectVolume::handlePartitionAdded method, which triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated by Gingerbreak.

cisa android
CVE Published
Jun 09, 2011
Exploitation Reported
Sep 08, 2022
CVSS
7.8 High
EPSS
Low complexity No user interaction

Affected Versions

Vendor Product Version Status
n/a
n/a

n/a

Affected

CVE References

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