FKIE_CVE-2025-48614

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-08 17:16 - Updated: 2026-10-07 20:10
Severity
4.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
In rebootWipeUserData of RecoverySystem.java, there is a possible way to factory reset the device while in DSU mode due to a missing permission check. This could lead to physical denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
References
security@android.comhttps://android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/ec0c32ea736ba3c594352c345358a778334bc773Patch, Product
security@android.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-12-01Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
google android 13.0
google android 14.0
google android 15.0
google android 16.0
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