VulnerabilityAnalyzed

CVE-2025-48540

This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed.

HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.10%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.10%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

In processTransactInternal of RpcState.cpp, there is a possible local out of memory write due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

CVSS 3.1: 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 0.10% probability · 1th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-787
Affected: google/android
Source: security@android.com

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/570e2d6e29ee10879150f868913c285a45a936b1Patch
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/7fb4755c9d93bf75de13f2bc458fbbb547a79dd6Patch
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/ba4ea3598e6dcea4b7b2202f4cec11eb1d85c2a7Patch
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-09-01Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.