CVE-2021-38788

High

Description

The Background service in Allwinner R818 SoC Android Q SDK V1.0 is used to manage background applications. Malicious apps can use the interface provided by the service to set the number of applications allowed to run in the background to 0 and add themselves to the whitelist, so that once other applications enter the background, they will be forcibly stopped by the system, causing a denial of service.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductAllwinnertech Android Q Sdk
PublishedJan 19, 2022
First seenJan 19, 2022

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
allwinnertech android_q_sdk1.0—

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