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Evidence dossier
CVE-2011-1823
CVE-2011-1823
gen-56ccdaf9Normalized restatement
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.
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Jun 9, 2011
- Updated
- Oct 22, 2025
- Evidence coverage
- 85%
2026-07-18 · v2026.06.15 · percentile 98.5%
Distinct CVSS assessments remain side by side; none are averaged.
Source comparison
Who said what
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.
Android OS Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Probability 0.416340000000; percentile 0.985290000000
Applicability
Cited product scope
[{"status": "affected", "version": "n/a"}]unknowncpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*; start including 2.0; end excluding 2.3.4supportedcpe:2.3:o:google:android:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*supportedAssessments
CVSS by origin
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLimitations and unknowns
- KEV membership is authoritative for the catalog, not proof of exposure in any environment.
- EPSS is a dated model probability and not an individual-environment prediction.
- Affected or fixed status applies only to the exact cited product and version scope; unresolved scope remains unknown.
- NVD-carried upstream facts remain derivative and are not independent corroboration.
- Only NVD metrics validated under the generation-bound calculator are Public Priority eligible; direct CVE record metrics remain display-only.
- NVD CVSS source eligibility is closed: NVD-authored, exact record-source, or registered same-CVE container origin; unmapped sources remain display-only.
- Factor D is unknown in Public Core because no accepted canonical mapping-obligation ledger is present.
- Core replay supports the active and immediately prior generation; retrospective valid-at replay is deferred.