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CVE-2025-22437VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-22437: Google Android · Elevation of privilege

Affects Google AndroidSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 2% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 2 Sep 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Google AndroidAffected
  • =13
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-22437, organizations should: 1) Monitor official Google security advisories closely and apply patches promptly once they become available. 2) Restrict local access to Android 13 devices by enforcing strong authentication and physical security controls to prevent unauthorized users from gaining local access. 3) Employ mobile device management (MDM) solutions to enforce security policies, restrict installation of untrusted applications, and monitor for anomalous activity related to media button receivers or background activity launches. 4) Educate users about the risks of installing untrusted apps or granting excessive permissions that could facilitate local exploitation. 5) Implement runtime protection and behavior monitoring on devices to detect and block suspicious attempts to launch arbitrary activities from the background. 6) Consider disabling or restricting media button receiver functionality where feasible in sensitive environments. 7) Conduct regular security assessments and penetration testing focusing on privilege escalation vectors on mobile platforms. These targeted measures go beyond generic advice by focusing on controlling local access, monitoring specific attack vectors, and preparing for patch deployment.

Description

In setMediaButtonReceiver of multiple files, there is a possible way to launch arbitrary activities from background due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

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