CVE-2021-38788

Published Jan 19, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.7% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-25225 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 1:51 AM
Reserved
Aug 16, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 19, 2022, 4:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:02 AM