GitHub - Ashwesker/Blackash-CVE-2025-48593: CVE-2025-48593

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🚨 CVE-2025-48593 Zero-Click Remote Code Execution in Android System 🚨

"A single malicious packet can own your device."Android Security Team, Nov 2025


🎯 Vulnerability Snapshot

Attribute Details
CVE ID CVE-2025-48593
Severity 🔴 Critical (RCE, Zero-Click)
CVSS (Est.) 9.8 (Pending NVD confirmation)
Attack Vector 🌐 Network (Remote)
User Interaction None Required
Privileges Required None
Exploit Status 🟡 No public PoC (as of Nov 4, 2025)

🛡️ Affected Devices & Versions

- Android 13 (All builds Oct 2023 – Oct 2025)
- Android 14 (All builds Oct 2023 – Oct 2025)
- Android 15 (All builds up to Oct 2025)
! Android 16 (Builds Jul 2025 – Oct 2025)

Unpatched devices are fully exposed.


How It Works (Technical Breakdown)

// Simplified pseudocode of vulnerable path
void process_system_packet(Packet *p) {
    if (p->type == MALICIOUS_TYPE) {
        // ⚠️ No bounds check!
        memcpy(kernel_buffer, p->payload, p->size);  // CVE-2025-48593
        execute_payload(); // RCE achieved
    }
}

Root Cause:

Improper input validation in the System component allows remote attackers to overflow buffers and inject executable code.


🛑 Immediate Mitigation Steps

# 1. Check your patch level
adb shell getprop ro.build.version.security_patch
# → Should show: 2025-11-01 or 2025-11-05

User Actions

  1. Update Now
    ⚙️ Settings → System → System Update
  2. Enable Play Protect
    🔍 Google Play → Play Protect → Scan
  3. Avoid Untrusted Networks
    🚫 Disable Wi-Fi/Bluetooth in public

Enterprise / OEM


🔗 Related CVEs (Same Bulletin)

CVE Severity Type Affected
CVE-2025-48581 High EoP Android 16 only

📢 Stay Updated

🔍 NVD Entry: nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48593
🔗 Android Bulletin: source.android.com/security/bulletin
🛠️ AOSP Patch: Search CVE-2025-48593 in Android Git


🛠 CVE-2025-48593 Exploitation Schema

Zero-Click Remote Code Execution in Android System


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sequenceDiagram
    participant Attacker as 🌐 Attacker
    participant Network as 📡 Network
    participant Device as 📱 Android Device
    participant Kernel as 🛠 Kernel Space

    Attacker->>Network: Send Malicious Packet<br/>(No authentication)
    Network->>Device: Deliver Packet<br/>(Zero interaction)
    Device->>Device: process_system_packet(pkt)
    Note over Device: ⚠️ No bounds check!
    Device->>Kernel: memcpy(kernel_buffer, payload, size)
    Kernel-->>Device: Buffer Overflow
    Device->>Kernel: Execute Injected Code
    Kernel->>Attacker: Remote Shell / Data Exfiltration
    Note over Device,Kernel: 🔥 Full RCE Achieved
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🔍 Technical Attack Chain

Stage Action Requirement
1. Packet Crafting Attacker builds malformed system packet None
2. Transmission Sent over Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or cellular Network access
3. Reception Device receives packet (no user action) Unpatched Android 13–16
4. Processing System component parses input Vulnerable code path
5. Overflow memcpy() writes beyond buffer Input validation flaw
6. Execution Shellcode runs in kernel context Zero-click RCE
7. Persistence Install malware, exfiltrate data, pivot Full control

🛡️ Defense-in-Depth Schema

graph LR
    subgraph "Prevention Layers"
        P1[🔒 Apply Nov 2025 Patch]
        P2[🚫 Disable Unused Radios]
        P3[🛡️ Google Play Protect]
        P4[🌐 Avoid Public Wi-Fi]
    end

    subgraph "Detection"
        D1[📊 Monitor Anomalous Traffic]
        D2[⚠️ Watch for Kernel Crashes]
        D3[🔍 Endpoint Forensics]
    end

    subgraph "Response"
        R1[🛑 Isolate Device]
        R2[📲 Force OTA Update]
        R3[📋 Report to Google/OEM]
    end

    P1 & P2 & P3 & P4 --> D1 & D2 & D3 --> R1 & R2 & R3

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    style R1 fill:#b71c1c, color:#fff
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📋 Patch Application Flow

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graph TD
    A[Google Releases Patch<br/>Nov 1/5, 2025] --> B{OEM Integration}
    B --> C[Samsung, OnePlus, etc.]
    B --> D[Google Pixel]
    C --> E[Monthly Security Update]
    D --> F[Pixel OTA Push]
    E & F --> G[User Installs Update]
    G --> H[Patch Level: 2025-11-01+]
    H --> I[✅ CVE-2025-48593 Mitigated]

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    style I fill:#1b5e20, color:#fff
    style G fill:#ff9800, color:#fff
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Unpatched = Exposed
Patched = Protected

Schema last updated: November 4, 2025
For AOSP patch diff, search CVE-2025-48593 in Android Git