CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2011-1149

Published: Apr 21, 2011 | Modified: Nov 07, 2023
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

Android before 2.3 does not properly restrict access to the system property space, which allows local applications to bypass the application sandbox and gain privileges, as demonstrated by psneuter and KillingInTheNameOf, related to the use of Android shared memory (ashmem) and ASHMEM_SET_PROT_MASK.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Android Google 1.6 1.6
Android Google 2.1 2.1
Android Google 1.5 1.5
Android Google 2.2.1 2.2.1
Android Google 2.2 2.2
Android Google * 2.2.2

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