#android-security

#android-security

CVE-2025-54957 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in Dolby UDC versions 4.5 to 4.13. The leak occurs when processing data within the evo_priv.c component of the DD+ bitstream decoder, reports security company Wiz. When processing this data, insufficient buffer space may be allocated. This insufficient allocation means that the out-of-bounds check is not performed correctly. This creates a buffer overflow, which can lead to data leakage.

The two vulnerabilities are CVE-2025-48633, an information-disclosure flaw in Android's framework component, and CVE-2025-48572, an elevation-of-privilege bug also in the framework component. Both are ranked high severity, and according to Google, both "may be under limited, targeted exploitation." Both of these - plus an additional 105 security holes - all have patches, so it's a good idea to update your Android software ASAP.

Samsung recently issued a patch to resolve a critical vulnerability impacting its Android smartphone users. All impacted phone models will receive the fix, which patches a vulnerability tracked as . The security flaw, issued a critical base score of 8.8 by Samsung Mobile (a CNA), is described as an "out-of-bounds write in libimagecodec.quram.so prior to SMR Sep-2025 Release 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code."

Samsung has issued a patch to resolve a critical vulnerability impacting its Android smartphone users. All impacted phone models will receive the fix, which patches a vulnerability tracked as . The security flaw, issued a critical base score of 8.8 by Samsung Mobile (a CNA), is described as an "out-of-bounds write in libimagecodec.quram.so prior to SMR Sep-2025 Release 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code."

The authors claim that the A2 system achieves 78.3 percent coverage on the Ghera benchmark, surpassing static analyzers like APKHunt (30.0 percent). And they say that, when they used A2 on 169 production APKs, they found "104 true-positive zero-day vulnerabilities," 57 of which were self-validated via automatically generated proof-of-concept (PoC) exploits. One of these included a medium-severity flaw in an Android app with over 10 million installs.

Patch Tuesday is next week, but Android is ahead of the game, dropping its biggest patch bundle this year while attackers actively exploit two of the now-fixed flaws. This month, the world's most popular mobile operating system pushed out 120 patches, its biggest monthly dump this year. It's a far cry from July, when Android didn't issue a single patch as everything was apparently fine, but in September, two of the flaws may be under "limited, targeted exploitation."

The vulnerabilities include CVE-2025-21479 (CVSS score: 8.6) and CVE-2025-27038 (CVSS score: 7.5), both of which were disclosed alongside CVE-2025-21480 (CVSS score: 8.6) by the chipmaker back in June 2025.

Qualcomm's recent patching of vulnerabilities in its chips is critical, especially given the existence of three zero-days that may be actively exploited by hackers.

These new features include new protections for calls, screen sharing, messages, device access, and system-level permissions aimed at securing Android users from scams.

The attackers' payday comes via those advertisers who have no idea their ads are being pushed out at an industrial scale to infected phones.