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Google Issues Critical Update For All Android Users—Attacks Confirmed
The update patches 107 vulnerabilities including two zero-days and critical kernel defects, with source code to be published to the Android Open Source Project by Wednesday.
- Google issued December's Android security bulletin on Monday, addressing 107 vulnerabilities including two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities in a package with more than 100 patches.
- Amid uneven monthly totals, December's package stands out as Google's new omnibus quarterly grouping process concentrated fixes into a large update after few reports this year.
- Security bulletin lists CVE-2025-48631 as the most critical fix this month, while CVE-2025-48633 and CVE-2025-48572 affect Android versions 13 through 16 and a secondary patch fixes nine kernel vulnerabilities including four critical.
- Manufacturers must integrate and release patches on their own schedules, Samsung added the December update late, so most Samsung users won't get fixes soon; users are urged to check Android OEM instructions and apply updates promptly.
- Google said source code will be published to AOSP by Wednesday, and neither zero-day had been added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerability catalog by the end of Monday.
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Google addresses 107 Android vulnerabilities, including two zero-days
Google disclosed two actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities Monday, which it addressed among a total of 107 defects in the company’s monthly security update for Android devices. The zero-days — CVE-2025-48633 and CVE-2025-48572 — are both high-severity defects affecting the Android framework, which attackers can exploit to access information and escalate privileges, respectively. Google said both vulnerabilities, which had not been added to…
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