CVE-2026-45531: Google Android

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

In read_boot_region of fsck.c, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a heap buffer overflow. 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 14.0 only; version 15.0 only; version 16.0 only; version 17.0 only

Published 2026-09-08. Last modified 2026-09-23.