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CVE-2025-36934VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-36934: Google Android · Elevation of privilege

Affects Google AndroidSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.4 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:15 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.4High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.09% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 0% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 11 Dec 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 2026-10-25.

What to do

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-36934 effectively, organizations should: 1) Monitor vendor communications closely and apply official Android kernel patches as soon as they become available, as no patches are currently published. 2) Restrict local access to devices by enforcing strong physical security controls and limiting user permissions to reduce the risk of unprivileged local attackers. 3) Employ mobile device management (MDM) solutions to enforce security policies, detect anomalous behavior, and remotely manage device configurations. 4) Disable or restrict unnecessary kernel modules or features related to the video/gchips subsystem if feasible, to reduce the attack surface. 5) Implement runtime protections such as kernel address space layout randomization (KASLR) and memory protection mechanisms to hinder exploitation attempts. 6) Educate users about the risks of installing untrusted applications or granting unnecessary permissions that could facilitate local code execution. 7) Conduct regular security audits and penetration testing focusing on local privilege escalation vectors. 8) Monitor device logs and behavior for signs of exploitation attempts, such as unusual process activity or crashes related to the bigo_worker_thread component. These steps go beyond generic advice by focusing on local access control, kernel module management, and proactive monitoring tailored to this vulnerability's characteristics.

Description

In bigo_worker_thread of private/google-modules/video/gchips/bigo.c, there is a possible use after free due to a race condition. 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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