CVE-2025-48590 Denial of service in Android

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

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.

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as A-417987184, ASB-A-417987184, GHSA-xrhc-8rw6-g25j.

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