CVE-2025-48590

Emergency dialing denial via legacy app validation exception

Published Dec 8, 2025 · Updated Dec 17, 2025

Resource exhaustion in Android 13 through 16 allows local users to block emergency dialing through a malicious application. AppOpsService.verifyAndGetBypass retains an exception for legacy-targeting apps during app-op validation, permitting resource-consuming requests that should be rejected. A locally installed malicious app needs no user interaction or additional execution privileges; exploitation exhausts resources until emergency calls cannot be placed.

CVSS severity5.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.10%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Resource exhaustion in Android 13 through 16 allows local users to block emergency dialing through a malicious application. AppOpsService.verifyAndGetBypass retains an exception for legacy-targeting apps during app-op validation, permitting resource-consuming requests that should be rejected. A locally installed malicious app needs no user interaction or additional execution privileges; exploitation exhausts resources until emergency calls cannot be placed.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-48590
Published
Dec 8, 2025
Updated
Dec 17, 2025
Vendor
Google Cloud
Product
Android
Classifications
CWE-400, T1642
Attack vector
local
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Dec 8, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Dec 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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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 privilegesunauthenticated

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:N/I:N/A:H

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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
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
T1642Endpoint Denial of Service

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