Google releases March 2025 Android Security Bulletin and Google Device Images

Google has released the March 2025 Android Security Bulletin, giving carriers and device makers a fresh set of patches to install.

Though Google puts out the Android security patches each month, the job of actually getting the fixes to end users falls on the telcos and/or device manufacturers themselves. Those partners vary in their ability to release the patches in a timely fashion.

The Android Security Bulletin contains details of security vulnerabilities affecting Android devices. Security patch levels of 05-03-2025 or later address all of these issues.

The most severe of these issues is a critical security vulnerability in the System component that could lead to remote code execution with no additional execution privileges needed.

The severity assessment is based on the effect that exploiting the vulnerability would possibly have on an affected device, assuming the platform and service mitigations are turned off for development purposes or if successfully bypassed.

The March update addresses 43 vulnerabilities affecting Android devices, including a pair of software defects reportedly under active exploitation. Google said the two vulnerabilities — CVE-2024-43093 and CVE-2024-50302 — “may be under limited, targeted exploitation.”

The most severe of the flaws under active exploitation, CVE-2024-43093, carries a CVSS score of 7.8 and was added to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s known exploited vulnerabilities catalog in November. The Android framework privilege escalation vulnerability allows attackers to gain local escalation of privilege without additional execution privileges, but requires user interaction for exploitation. 

Google’s security advisory includes 11 high-severity flaws and 10 critical-severity vulnerabilities affecting the Android system, the most severe of which could lead to remote code execution. Google also addressed nine high-severity vulnerabilities affecting the Android framework. 

Google’s Android security update contains two patch levels — 2025-03-01 and 2025-03-05 — allowing Android partners to easily fix certain common vulnerabilities on different devices. The second patch includes fixes for a trio of high-severity flaws affecting the kernel, a pair of vulnerabilities in MediaTek components and a total of eight high-severity defects in Qualcomm components.

Alongside the bulletin, Google have released a security update to Google devices through an over-the-air (OTA) update. The Google device firmware images have also been released to the Google Developer site. Security patch levels of March 5, 2025 or later address all of these issues.

The tables below contains a list of security vulnerabilities, the Common Vulnerability and Exposures ID (CVE), the assessed severity, and whether or not Google devices are affected. The severity assessment is based on the effect that exploiting the vulnerability would possibly have on an affected device, assuming the platform and service mitigations are disabled for development purposes or if successfully bypassed.

Android and Google Service Mitigation’s

This is a summary of the mitigation’s provided by the Android security platform and service protections such as Google Play Protect. These capabilities reduce the likelihood that security vulnerabilities could be successfully exploited on Android.

Exploitation for many issues on Android is made more difficult by enhancements in newer versions of the Android platform. All users are encouraged to update to the latest version of Android where possible. The Android security team actively monitors for abuse through Google Play Protect and warns users about Potentially Harmful Applications. Google Play Protect is enabled by default on devices with Google Mobile Services, and is especially important for users who install apps from outside of Google Play. Terminology

You will find different types of vulnerabilities listed. Possible types include:

RCE – Remote code execution EoP – Elevation of privilege ID – Information disclosure DoS – Denial of service N/A – Classification not available 01-03-2025 security patch level—Vulnerability details Framework

The most severe vulnerability in this section could lead to local escalation of privilege with User execution privileges needed.

CVEReferencesTypeSeverityUpdated AOSP versionsCVE-2024-0032A-283962634EoPHigh12, 12L, 13, 14CVE-2024-43093A-341680936EoPHigh12, 12L, 13, 14, 15CVE-2025-0078A-382775095EoPHigh12, 12L, 13, 14, 15CVE-2025-0080A-370958259EoPHigh15CVE-2025-0087A-333681693EoPHigh12, 12L, 13, 14, 15CVE-2024-43090A-331180422IDHigh12, 12L, 13, 14, 15CVE-2025-0083A-376259166IDHigh12, 12L, 13, 14, 15CVE-2025-0086A-364269936IDHigh12, 12L, 13, 14, 15CVE-2024-49740A-308932906DoSHigh12, 12L, 13, 14, 15 System

The most severe vulnerability in this section could lead to remote code execution with no additional execution privileges needed.

CVEReferencesTypeSeverityUpdated AOSP versionsCVE-2025-0074A-375408314RCECritical15CVE-2025-0075A-375407167RCECritical15CVE-2025-0084A-291281168RCECritical13, 14, 15CVE-2025-22403A-375409435RCECritical15CVE-2025-22408A-375397164RCECritical15CVE-2025-22410A-375397720RCECritical15CVE-2025-22411A-375398779RCECritical15CVE-2025-22412A-375404242RCECritical15CVE-2025-22409A-375397370EoPCritical15CVE-2025-0081A-347735428DoSCritical12, 12L, 13, 14, 15CVE-2023-21125A-228837201EoPHigh12, 12LCVE-2025-0079A-345258562EoPHigh12, 12L, 13, 14, 15CVE-2025-22404A-375159480EoPHigh15CVE-2025-22405A-375159652EoPHigh15CVE-2025-22406A-375160214EoPHigh15CVE-2024-49728A-296915500IDHigh12, 12L, 13, 14, 15CVE-2025-0082A-376461551IDHigh12, 12L, 13, 14, 15CVE-2025-0092A-289375038IDHigh12, 12L, 13, 14, 15CVE-2025-0093A-289811388IDHigh12, 12L, 13, 14, 15CVE-2025-22407A-375396810IDHigh15CVE-2025-26417A-304497167IDHigh12, 12L, 13, 14, 15 Google Play system updates

The following issues are included in Project Mainline components.

SubcomponentCVEDocuments UICVE-2024-43093 05-03-2025 security patch level—Vulnerability details Kernel

The most severe vulnerability in this section could lead to local escalation of privilege in the kernel with no additional execution privileges needed

MediaTek components

These vulnerabilities affect MediaTek components and further details are available directly from MediaTek. The severity assessment of these issues is provided directly by MediaTek.

CVEReferencesSeveritySubcomponentCVE-2025-20645A-386732172ALPS09475476HighKeyInstallCVE-2025-20644A-386727712MOLY01525673HighModem Qualcomm components

These vulnerabilities affect Qualcomm components and are described in further detail in the appropriate Qualcomm security bulletin or security alert. The severity assessment of these issues is provided directly by Qualcomm.

CVEReferencesSeveritySubcomponentCVE-2024-49836A-377312708QC-CR#3875452HighCameraCVE-2024-49838A-377312892QC-CR#3897418HighWLANCVE-2024-53014A-381898850QC-CR#3879278HighAudioCVE-2024-53024A-381899455QC-CR#3902182HighDisplayCVE-2024-53027A-381901669QC-CR#3910626HighWLAN Qualcomm closed-source components

These vulnerabilities affect Qualcomm closed-source components and are described in further detail in the appropriate Qualcomm security bulletin or security alert. The severity assessment of these issues is provided directly by Qualcomm.

CVEReferencesSeveritySubcomponentCVE-2024-43051A-364018031HighClosed-source componentCVE-2024-53011A-381898780HighClosed-source componentCVE-2024-53025A-381901187HighClosed-source component

Full details of the March 2025 Android Security Bulletin are available here.