CVE-2025-22423 Denial of service in Android
A missing bounds check in the Android image renderer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service without user interaction.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-22423?
CVE-2025-22423 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 2 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In ParseTag of dng_ifd.cpp, there is a possible way to crash the image renderer due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to remote denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22423?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2025-22423?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-22423 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22423 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as A-346797131, ASB-A-346797131, GHSA-5w5v-vm4j-43pm.