CVE-2025-48561Public exploit

On-screen data disclosure via cross-window blur timing

Published Sep 4, 2025 · Updated Sep 8, 2025

Side-channel information disclosure in Google Android 13 through 16 allows local users to read on-screen data through rendering timing. SurfaceFlinger accepts excessive cross-window blur requests, letting a malicious app force victim pixels through the rendering pipeline and distinguish their colors from GPU compression timing. A locally installed app needs no special Android permission or user interaction and can reconstruct messages or one-time codes, but exploitation depends on device-specific graphics behavior.

CVSS severity5.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.12%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Side-channel information disclosure in Google Android 13 through 16 allows local users to read on-screen data through rendering timing. SurfaceFlinger accepts excessive cross-window blur requests, letting a malicious app force victim pixels through the rendering pipeline and distinguish their colors from GPU compression timing. A locally installed app needs no special Android permission or user interaction and can reconstruct messages or one-time codes, but exploitation depends on device-specific graphics behavior.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-48561
Published
Sep 4, 2025
Updated
Sep 8, 2025
Vendor
Google Cloud
Product
Android
Classifications
CWE-203, T1113
Attack vector
local
Privileges
Unavailable

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 4, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 8, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=13
  2. Affected versionversion=14
  3. Affected versionversion=15
  4. Affected versionversion=16

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesUnavailable in this record.

What is affected?

Google Cloud · Androidversion=13; version=14; version=15; version=16

Published CVSS scores

5.5CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
PrivilegesUnavailable
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-203Observable Discrepancy
T1113Screen Capture

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