CVE-2025-48590 Denial of service in Android
A malicious app can cause a local denial of service preventing emergency dialing via resource exhaustion in Android's AppOpsService.
- 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-2025-48590?
CVE-2025-48590 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 8 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In verifyAndGetBypass of AppOpsService.java, there is a possible method for a malicious app to prevent dialing emergency services under limited circumstances due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to local denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48590?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2025-48590?
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-2025-48590 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48590 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as A-417987184, ASB-A-417987184, GHSA-xrhc-8rw6-g25j.