CVE-2025-22431 Denial of service in Android
A malicious app can prevent dialing emergency services, causing local denial of service until reboot, affecting Android users.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-22431?
CVE-2025-22431 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 2 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In multiple locations, there is a possible method for a malicious app to prevent dialing emergency services under limited circumstances due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local denial of service until the phone reboots with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
Weakness: CWE-693
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-22431?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2025-22431?
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-2025-22431 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-22431 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as A-375623125, ASB-A-375623125, GHSA-jp7q-hfm5-8m7w.