CVE-2025-36920 Memory corruption in Android
An out-of-bounds write in the Android KVM hypervisor allows local attackers to escalate privileges without user interaction.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-36920?
CVE-2025-36920 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Google Android, published on 10 Mar 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In hyp_alloc of arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/alloc.c, there is a possible out of bounds 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-36920?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2025-36920?
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-2025-36920 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-36920 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as A-431949921, GHSA-g62w-m46p-g73x, PUB-A-431949921.