CVE-2025-48543

HIGH

8.8

CVSS Score

Published: September 4, 2025 at 06:34 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:29 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorAndroid

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Severity

HIGH8.8

Exploitation

CISA KEV

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.6%

SSVC

Active

Actively Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog

EPSS Score0.6%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) estimates a 0.6% chance this CVE is exploited in the wild within the next 30 days — higher than 50% of all CVEs. It complements CVSS: a high EPSS on a mid-severity CVE can still be urgent.

Android Runtime contains a use-after-free vulnerability potentially allowing a chrome sandbox escape leading to local privilege escalation.

Required Action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Ransomware Use

Unknown

Added to KEV

Sep 4, 2025

Remediation Due

Sep 25, 2025

402 days overdue

Notes

https://source.android.com/docs/security/bulletin/2025-09-01

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48543

Description

In multiple locations, there is a possible way to escape chrome sandbox to attack android system_server due to a use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.