CVE-2011-1149: Google Android

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Android before 2.3 does not properly restrict access to the system property space, which allows local applications to bypass the application sandbox and gain privileges, as demonstrated by psneuter and KillingInTheNameOf, related to the use of Android shared memory (ashmem) and ASHMEM_SET_PROT_MASK.

Affected products

• Google Android: up to and including 2.2.2; version 1.5 only; version 1.6 only; version 2.1 only; version 2.2 only; version 2.2.1 only

Published 2011-04-21. Last modified 2026-06-16.