CVE-2025-48615 Denial of service in Android
A local attacker can cause resource exhaustion leading to privilege escalation and denial of service in Android's MediaButtonReceiverHolder.
- 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-2025-48615?
CVE-2025-48615 is a high-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 getComponentName of MediaButtonReceiverHolder.java, there is a possible desync in persistence due to resource exhaustion. 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-2025-48615?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2025-48615?
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-2025-48615 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48615 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as A-433250316, ASB-A-433250316, GHSA-m4rp-8c25-g2hr.