Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-48530

High

Published: 04 September 2025

Published
04 September 2025
Modified
05 September 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0020 41.8th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-48530 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125) vulnerability in Google Android. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 41.8th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-16 (Memory Protection) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190). What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.
Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

prevent

Directly mitigates the vulnerability by identifying, reporting, and applying vendor patches that correct the incorrect bounds checks causing OOB accesses.

prevent

Implements memory protection safeguards such as non-executable memory and ASLR to prevent remote code execution from OOB accesses even if the bounds check flaw exists.

prevent

Enforces validation of information inputs including bounds checks to address the root cause of incorrect bounds handling in Android components.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Why these techniques?

OOB memory corruption in Android network-exposed components directly enables remote exploitation for code execution (RCE) over the network with no auth/UI required.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

NVD Description

In multiple locations, there is a possible condition that results in OOB accesses due to an incorrect bounds check. This could lead to remote code execution in combination with other bugs, with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is…

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not needed for exploitation.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2025-48530 is a vulnerability involving out-of-bounds (OOB) accesses due to an incorrect bounds check in multiple locations within Android components. Published on 2025-09-04, it is classified under CWE-125 and carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

A remote attacker requires no privileges or user interaction to exploit this over the network, though high attack complexity is needed. When combined with other bugs, it could result in remote code execution.

The Android security bulletin dated 2025-08-01 at https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-08-01 provides details on affected versions and available patches for mitigation.

Details

CWE(s)

Affected Products

google
android
16.0

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