CVE-2025-48540

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-09-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

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.

Affected products

Android: 13.0, 14.0, 15.0, 16.0

References

https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/570e2d6e29ee10879150f868913c285a45a936b1
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/7fb4755c9d93bf75de13f2bc458fbbb547a79dd6
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/native/+/ba4ea3598e6dcea4b7b2202f4cec11eb1d85c2a7
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-09-01

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