CVE-2025-48535
Published: 04 September 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-48535 is a high-severity Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) vulnerability in Google Android. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 29.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-26817
Vulnerability details
In assertSafeToStartCustomActivity of AppRestrictionsFragment.java , there is a possible way to exploit a parcel mismatch resulting in a launch anywhere vulnerability due to unsafe deserialization. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User…
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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.
Penetration testing supplies malicious serialized objects, detecting unsafe deserialization and supporting corrective actions.
Evaluation of untrusted data handling (deserialization testing) reveals unsafe processing, which the required remediation process addresses.
Untrusted serialized data can be deserialized and observed inside the chamber, blocking gadget-chain exploitation outside the sandbox.
Validates or rejects untrusted serialized data before deserialization occurs.
Identifies and blocks malicious code introduced through deserialization of untrusted data at system boundaries.
Integrity verification of serialized information can detect tampering before deserialization occurs.
Provenance of associated data allows detection of untrusted sources before deserialization or processing occurs.