CVE-2025-48543 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting Google Android, allowing for a sandbox escape from Chrome to attack the Android system_server. This flaw enables local escalation of privilege without requiring user interaction or additional execution privileges. Rated with a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, as confirmed by its presence in the KEV catalog, and has garnered substantial community discussion and media coverage, despite a lack of public exploit code.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
13.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
16.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:google:android:16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.