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CVE-2011-3874

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 11.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-01-27 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in libsysutils in Android 2.2.x through 2.2.2 and 2.3.x through 2.3.6 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an application that calls the FrameworkListener::dispatchCommand method with the wrong number of arguments, as demonstrated by zergRush to trigger a use-after-free error.

Affected products

• Android: 2.2, 2.2-rev1, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.3, 2.3-rev1 (+6)

References

• http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=21681
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/08/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/08/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/10/1
• https://github.com/revolutionary/zergRush/blob/master/zergRush.c
• http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=21681
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/08/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/08/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/10/1
• https://github.com/revolutionary/zergRush/blob/master/zergRush.c

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