CVE-2011-1001
Description
dexdump in Android SDK before 2.3 does not properly perform structural verification, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (dexdump crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed APK or dex file that calls a method using more arguments than the number of register that have been declared for that method.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| android_sdk | {"endIncluding":"2.2"} | | |
| android_sdk | 1.1 | | |
| android_sdk | 1.5 | | |
| android_sdk | 1.6 | | |
| android_sdk | 2.0 | | |
| android_sdk | 2.0.1 | | |
| android_sdk | 2.1 | |
References
- http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/dalvik.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4b0750e8df91220690bb417f45d7ae8b7851b220
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Mar/329
- http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/dalvik.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4b0750e8df91220690bb417f45d7ae8b7851b220
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2011/Mar/329
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.