CVE-2009-3698 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An unspecified function in the Dalvik API in Android 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system process restart) via a crafted application, possibly a related issue to CVE-2009-2656.

Published: 2009-10-14

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2009-3671	An unspecified function in the Dalvik API in Android 1.5 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system process restart) via a crafted application, possibly a related issue to CVE-2009-2656.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0098.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://android.git.kernel.org/?p=platform/frameworks/base.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=cf4550c3198d6b3d92cdc52707fe70d7cc0caa9f
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022986
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-014.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506948/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36590
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53654

History

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Subscriptions

Google Android

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-10-14T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:38:29.990Z

Reserved: 2009-10-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-3698

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-10-14T10:30:02.110

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-3698

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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