{"id":"CVE-2011-1823","aliases":[],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2011-1823","summary":"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…","details":"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.","published":"2011-06-09T10:00:00.000Z","modified":"2025-10-22T00:05:49.671Z","cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"epss":{"score":0.41634,"percentile":0.98575,"asOf":"2026-08-25"},"cisaKev":{"dateAdded":"2022-09-08","dueDate":"2022-09-29","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":false},"exploitsKnown":3,"affectedPackages":[],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/system/netd.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=79b579c92afc08ab12c0a5788d61f2dd2934836f"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/system/core.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=b620a0b1c7ae486e979826200e8e441605b0a5d6"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://c-skills.blogspot.com/2011/04/yummy-yummy-gingerbreak.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://androidcommunity.com/gingerbreak-root-for-gingerbread-app-20110421/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/system/vold.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c51920c82463b240e2be0430849837d6fdc5352e"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://xorl.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/android-vold-mpartminors-signedness-issue/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/67977"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/05/03/google-patches-gingerbreak-exploit-but-dont-worry-we-still-have-root-for-now/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2011-1823"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","NVD","CISA KEV","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2025-10-22T00:05:49.671Z"}}