CVE-2025-22410 – CVE-2025-22410 is a use-after-free vulnerabilit... (How to Fix)

Q: What is the severity of CVE-2025-22410?

CVE-2025-22410 has a CVSS score of 8.4 (HIGH). CVE-2025-22410 is a use-after-free vulnerability in Android's Bluetooth stack that allows local privilege escalation without user interaction. Attackers can execute arbitrary code to gain elevated system privileges. This affects Android devices with vulnerable Bluetooth implementations.

📋 TL;DR

CVE-2025-22410 is a use-after-free vulnerability in Android's Bluetooth stack that allows local privilege escalation without user interaction. Attackers can execute arbitrary code to gain elevated system privileges. This affects Android devices with vulnerable Bluetooth implementations.

💻 Affected Systems

Products:

Android devices with Bluetooth functionality

Versions: Android versions prior to March 2025 security patch

Operating Systems: Android

Default Config Vulnerable: ⚠️ Yes

Notes: Requires Bluetooth to be enabled. All Android devices with vulnerable Bluetooth stack are affected.

📦 What is this software?

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⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact

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Worst Case

Full device compromise with attacker gaining root/system-level access, enabling data theft, persistence, and further network attacks.

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Likely Case

Local privilege escalation allowing attackers to bypass app sandboxing, access sensitive data, and install malware.

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If Mitigated

Limited impact with proper security controls, but still poses risk to device integrity.

🌐 Internet-Facing: LOW - This is a local vulnerability requiring physical or network proximity to the device.

🏢 Internal Only: HIGH - Attackers on the same network or with physical access can exploit this without authentication.

🎯 Exploit Status

Public PoC: ✅ No

Weaponized: UNKNOWN

Unauthenticated Exploit: ⚠️ Yes

Complexity: MEDIUM

No user interaction required. Exploitation requires sending specially crafted Bluetooth packets.

🛠️ Fix & Mitigation

✅ Official Fix

Patch Version: March 2025 Android Security Patch or later

Vendor Advisory: https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-03-01

Restart Required: Yes

Instructions:

1. Check for system updates in Settings > System > System update. 2. Install March 2025 security patch or later. 3. Reboot device after installation.

🔧 Temporary Workarounds

Disable Bluetooth

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Turn off Bluetooth functionality to prevent exploitation

adb shell settings put global bluetooth_on 0
Settings > Connected devices > Connection preferences > Bluetooth > Turn off

🧯 If You Can't Patch

Restrict Bluetooth usage to trusted devices only
Implement network segmentation to isolate vulnerable devices

🔍 How to Verify

Check if Vulnerable:

Check Android security patch level in Settings > About phone > Android version > Build number. If patch level is earlier than March 2025, device is vulnerable.

Check Version:

adb shell getprop ro.build.version.security_patch

Verify Fix Applied:

Verify security patch level shows March 2025 or later in Settings > About phone > Android version > Build number.

📡 Detection & Monitoring

Log Indicators:

Bluetooth stack crashes in logcat
Unexpected Bluetooth service restarts
Privilege escalation attempts in system logs

Network Indicators:

Unusual Bluetooth packet patterns
Multiple connection attempts from single MAC address
Malformed Bluetooth protocol packets

SIEM Query:

source="android_logs" AND ("bluetooth" AND ("crash" OR "segfault" OR "use-after-free"))

📊 Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2025-22410

CVSS v3 Score: 8.4 (HIGH)

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE: CWE-416

EPSS Score: 0.01% exploit probability (0.5th percentile)

Published: August 26, 2025

Last Updated: September 2, 2025

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