CVE-2025-48629

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.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-12-01	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:13.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:14.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:15.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:16.0:::::::*

History

08 Dec 2025, 19:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:google:android:16.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:google:android:14.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:google:android:15.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:google:android:13.0:::::::*
CWE		CWE-1188
References	~~() https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-12-01 -~~	() https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-12-01 - Vendor Advisory
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.8
First Time		Google android Google

08 Dec 2025, 17:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-12-08 17:16

Updated : 2025-12-08 21:16

NVD link : CVE-2025-48629

Mitre link : CVE-2025-48629

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-48629

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Products Affected

google

android

CWE

CWE-1188

Insecure Default Initialization of Resource

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