CVE-2025-36903 Memory corruption in Android
A local attacker can exploit an out-of-bounds read/write in the Android OS to escalate privileges without user interaction.
- 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-2025-36903?
CVE-2025-36903 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 4 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In lwis_io_buffer_write, there is a possible OOB read/write due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-36903?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2025-36903?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2025-36903 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36903 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as A-418224726, GHSA-42g5-9rq6-mwjw, PUB-A-418224726.