{"id":"CVE-2025-48638","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-48638","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:11:45.772Z","title":"In __pkvm_load_tracing of trace.c, there is a possible out-of-bounds write due to improper input validation.","description":"In __pkvm_load_tracing of trace.c, there is a possible out-of-bounds write due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.","published":"2025-12-08T17:16:20.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-07T20:10:02.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@android.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-787","CWE-20"],"affected":["google/android"],"epss":{"score":0.00106,"percentile":0.01091,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.11%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/+/0429b7af308cf65c84109c08d06b01950dcd57fe","tags":["Product"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/+/96ebe96170d67df5072afa2ce84622f5a0ff552a","tags":["Product"],"source":"security@android.com"},{"url":"https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-12-01","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@android.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48638","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}