CVE-2025-36917
Published: 11 December 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-36917 is a medium-severity Classic Buffer Overflow (CWE-120) vulnerability in Google Android. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 34.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-202866
Vulnerability details
In SwDcpItg of up_L2commonPdcpSecurity.cpp, there is a possible denial of service due to an incorrect bounds check. This could lead to remote denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Platform-independent managed code eliminates the need for unchecked native buffer copies that are the root cause of classic buffer overflows.