CVE-2014-7911

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 23.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-12-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

luni/src/main/java/java/io/ObjectInputStream.java in the java.io.ObjectInputStream implementation in Android before 5.0.0 does not verify that deserialization will result in an object that met the requirements for serialization, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted finalize method for a serialized object in an ArrayMap Parcel within an intent sent to system_service, as demonstrated by the finalize method of android.os.BinderProxy, aka Bug 15874291.

Affected products

Android: through 4.4.4; 1.0, 1.1, 1.5, 1.6, 2.0, 2.0.1 (+38)

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/51
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/libcore/+/738c833d38d41f8f76eb7e77ab39add82b1ae1e2
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/51
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/libcore/+/738c833d38d41f8f76eb7e77ab39add82b1ae1e2

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