CVE-2025-48629: Google Android

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

In findAvailRecognizer of VoiceInteractionManagerService.java, there is a possible way to become the default speech recognizer app due to an insecure default value. This could lead to local escalation of privilege 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.