CVE-2025-48630
Published: 02 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-48630 is a high-severity Observable Timing Discrepancy (CWE-208) vulnerability in Google Android. Its CVSS base score is 7.4 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 0.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
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Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
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.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Side-channel info disclosure in GPU cache directly enables local privilege escalation without privileges or interaction.
NVD Description
In drawLayersInternal of SkiaRenderEngine.cpp, there is a possible way to access the GPU cache due to side channel information disclosure. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for…
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Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-48630 is a side-channel information disclosure vulnerability located in the drawLayersInternal function of SkiaRenderEngine.cpp. It enables unauthorized access to the GPU cache. This issue affects the Android platform, as evidenced by its inclusion in the Android security bulletin.
A local attacker can exploit this vulnerability without requiring additional execution privileges or user interaction. Exploitation involves high attack complexity due to the side-channel nature (CWE-208). Successful attacks lead to local escalation of privilege, with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as scored at 7.4 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).
The Android security bulletin published on March 1, 2026, at https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2026/2026-03-01 details patches and mitigation guidance for this vulnerability.
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