CVE-2025-20705: Google Android

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In monitor_hang, there is a possible memory corruption due to use after free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege if a malicious actor has already obtained the System privilege. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Patch ID: ALPS09989078; Issue ID: MSV-3964.

Affected products

• Google Android: version 13.0 only; version 14.0 only; version 15.0 only; version 16.0 only
• Linuxfoundation Yocto: version 2.6 only
• Openwrt Openwrt: version 19.07.0 only; version 21.02.0 only

Published 2025-09-01. Last modified 2026-06-17.