CVE-2025-48614: Google Android

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Google Android: version 13.0 only; version 14.0 only; version 15.0 only; version 16.0 only

Published 2025-12-08. Last modified 2026-10-07.