Permanent denial of service via PackageManager#setComponentEnabledSetting

2022-12-0100:00:00

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osv.dev

denial of service

packagemanager

resource exhaustion

infinite reboot loop

local

no user interaction

software

CVSS3

5.5

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

AI Score

6.6

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

In setEnabledSetting of PackageManager.java, there is a possible way to get the device into an infinite reboot loop due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.