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CVE-2025-48543 — Google Android

CISA KEV

CVSS v3.1 7.5 (HIGH) · EPSS 0.3% (higher than 54.4% of all scored CVEs) · Priority 9/10 · Published 2025-09-04

As of 2025-10-23, CVE-2025-48543 is a HIGH-severity vulnerability in Google Android, CVSS v3.1 7.5, EPSS 0.3% (54.4th percentile). It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-09-04), with a US federal remediation deadline of 2025-09-25. Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2025-48543, most recently “Hack-for-Hire Espionage Campaign Targeting MENA Civil Society via Predator/Intellexa Mercenary Spyware”.

Last updated: 2025-10-23

What is CVE-2025-48543?

Use-after-free vulnerability in the Android runtime exploited by Intellexa Predator mercenary spyware as part of a zero-day exploit chain targeting mobile devices in MENA espionage campaigns.

The record classifies CVE-2025-48543 under weakness class CWE-416. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 1 affected-product entry is recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 374 days ago.

Severity and exploitation probability

CVSS v3.1 base score: 7.5 — HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (FIRST): 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54.4% of all scored CVEs
CISA KEV: Listed since 2025-09-04, federal remediation deadline 2025-09-25
Threadlinqs priority: 9/10 — CISA KEV-listed, which Threadlinqs floors at 9
Published: 2025-09-04, last modified 2025-10-23

Is CVE-2025-48543 being exploited?

CISA added CVE-2025-48543 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-09-04, which means the agency holds evidence of exploitation in the wild; US federal civilian agencies had to remediate it by 2025-09-25 under BOD 22-01. It currently carries a trending score of 29 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

Affected products and versions

Google: Android

How to fix CVE-2025-48543

The record marks a vendor fix as available for CVE-2025-48543. Patch reference: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/art/+/444fc40dfb04d2ec5f74c443ed3a4dd45d3131f2. Vendor advisory: https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-09-01. Because CVE-2025-48543 is KEV-listed, US federal civilian agencies were required to apply the vendor fix, or stop using the product, by 2025-09-25. Apply the vendor fix referenced above to every affected product listed in this record, then confirm the running version against the vendor advisory.

Threat activity tracking CVE-2025-48543

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2025-48543, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

Hack-for-Hire Espionage Campaign Targeting MENA Civil Society via Predator/Intellexa Mercenary Spyware — HIGH · 2026-04-08

Sources

Seeded from threat-derived and not yet processed by the Threadlinqs enrichment pipeline, so blank CVSS, EPSS or KEV fields above mean NOT MEASURED rather than measured-absent.

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