Permanent denial of service via NotificationManager#createNotificationChannel

2022-12-0100:00:00

Google

osv.dev

resource exhaustion

notificationmanager

denial of service

factory reset

exploitation

user interaction

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

6.7

Confidence

High

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

JSON

In createNotificationChannel of NotificationManager.java, there is a possible way to make the device unusable and require factory reset 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.