CVE-2025-36938 — Protection Mechanism Failure in Google Android

CWE-693 — Protection Mechanism FailureCWE-94 — Code InjectionCWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference5 documents5 sources
Severity
6.8MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.19%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
Google Android
Timeline
PublishedDec 11

Description

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 exploitation.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 0.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

▶CVEListV5google/androidAndroid kernel

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
CVEList
CVE-2025-36938: In U-Boot of append_uint32_le(), there is a possible fault injection due to a logic error in the code↗2025-12-11
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GHSA
GHSA-xjcr-r5hg-97fc: In U-Boot of append_uint32_le(), there is a possible fault injection due to a logic error in the code↗2025-12-11
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OSV
CVE-2025-36938: In U-Boot of append_uint32_le(), there is a possible fault injection due to a logic error in the code↗2025-12-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
bpf skmsg: Fix NULL pointer dereference in sk_psock_skb_ingress_enqueue↗2024-05-14
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