What is CVE-2025-22429?

CVE-2025-22429 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-09-02.

How severe is CVE-2025-22429?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2025-22429

In multiple locations, there is a possible way to execute arbitrary code due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Published 2025-09-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (14.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 14.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Google Android — versions 15.0, 14.0, 13

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-693 — Protection Mechanism Failure

References

android.googlesource.com/platform/frameworks/base/+/ece83fb425b1e912a036e9985b7… (Product)
source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-04-01 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-22429?: CVE-2025-22429 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-09-02.
How severe is CVE-2025-22429?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.