CVE-2025-48629 (GCVE-0-2025-48629)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-08 16:57
Modified
2026-02-26 16:57
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Elevation of privilege
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Google Android Version: 16
Version: 15
Version: 14
Version: 13
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