What is CVE-2025-26416?

CVE-2025-26416 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-09-02.

How severe is CVE-2025-26416?

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

Is CVE-2025-26416 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Google Android

CVE-2025-26416

In initializeSwizzler of SkBmpStandardCodec.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a heap buffer overflow. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is n…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (28.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Google Android — versions 15.0, 14.0, 13

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-122 — Heap-based Buffer Overflow

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

security@android.com (Product)
security@android.com (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-26416?: CVE-2025-26416 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Heap-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-09-02.
How severe is CVE-2025-26416?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-26416 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.