CVE-2025-48631 Denial of service in Android
Remote attackers can cause persistent denial of service in Android via resource exhaustion in image resolution, requiring no user interaction or privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-48631?
CVE-2025-48631 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Google Android, published on 8 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In onHeaderDecoded of LocalImageResolver.java, there is a possible persistent denial of service due to resource exhaustion. This could lead to remote 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-2025-48631?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Google Android.
How do I fix CVE-2025-48631?
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-2025-48631 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48631 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Google Android
Sources
Also known as A-444671303, ASB-A-444671303, GHSA-p4c6-j7j7-86rj.