CVE-2025-48579
Android MediaProvider permission bypass enables local privilege escalation
Is CVE-2025-48579 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2025-48579 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.10% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2025-48579?
CVE-2025-48579 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.4. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2025-48579?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2025-48579. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2025-48579 affect?
CVE-2025-48579 affects Android OS MediaProvider, Android MediaStore. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2025-48579?
Patch when available; restrict external storage access; monitor devices
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Local privilege escalation via external storage write bypass; no user interaction needed
Patch when possible
- affected16
- affected15
- affected14
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.