What is CVE-2025-36938?

CVE-2025-36938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2025-12-11.

How severe is CVE-2025-36938?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Google Android

CVE-2025-36938

In U-Boot of append_uint32_le(), there is a possible fault injection due to a logic error in the code. This could lead to physical escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for e…

EPSS: 0.001 (2.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Google Android — versions Android kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-693 — Protection Mechanism Failure

References

dsap-vuln-management@google.com (Vendor Advisory)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-36938?: CVE-2025-36938 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Protection Mechanism Failure. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2025-12-11.
How severe is CVE-2025-36938?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.