CVE-2025-61612
Published: 09 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-61612 is a high-severity Improper Input Validation (CWE-20) vulnerability in Google Android. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Application or System Exploitation (T1499.004); ranked at the 22.0th 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-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-11 (Error Handling).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-61612 is a vulnerability in the nr modem stemming from improper input validation, mapped to CWE-20. This flaw can trigger a system crash and affects nr modems developed by Unisoc, as detailed in the vendor's announcement.
A remote attacker requires no privileges, authentication, or user interaction to exploit this over the network with low attack complexity. Successful exploitation results in a denial of service, specifically a system crash with high availability impact but no confidentiality or integrity effects, earning a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Mitigation guidance is available in the Unisoc support announcement at https://www.unisoc.com/en/support/announcement/2030931350138310657.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-208386
Vulnerability details
In nr modem, there is a possible system crash due to improper input validation. This could lead to remote denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Improper input validation (CWE-20) in the nr modem directly enables remote unauthenticated exploitation that crashes the system, matching Application or System Exploitation for Endpoint Denial of Service.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly enforces comprehensive input validation in the NR modem to prevent system crashes from malformed network inputs as described in this CVE.
Ensures timely identification, reporting, and patching of the specific improper input validation flaw in the Unisoc NR modem firmware.
Implements secure error handling to avoid system crashes when invalid inputs reach the NR modem despite partial validation.