FKIE_CVE-2025-48538

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-09-04 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 09:29
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
In setApplicationHiddenSettingAsUser of PackageManagerService.java, there is a possible way to hide a system critical package due to improper input validation. This could lead to local 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/+/bd7578b738a09734a2d23656e5569643ad37fffePatch
security@android.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-09-01Vendor 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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