CVE-2025-22423 Denial of service in Android

High 7.5 Published Updated

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.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as A-346797131, ASB-A-346797131, GHSA-5w5v-vm4j-43pm.

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