CVE-2025-8192

Race condition in AndroidTV TvSettings

Published Jul 31, 2025 CVSS 4.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
There exists a TOCTOU race condition in TvSettings AppRestrictionsFragment.java that lead to start of attacker supplied activity in Settings’ context, i.e. system-uid context, thus lead to launchAnyWhere. The core idea is to utilize the time window between the check of Intent and the use to Intent to change the target component’s state, thus bypass the original security sanitize function.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-23250 There exists a TOCTOU race condition in TvSettings AppRestrictionsFragment.java that lead to start of attacker supplied activity in Settings’ context, i.e. system-uid context, thus lead to launchAnyWhere. The core idea is to utilize the time window between the check of Intent and the use to Intent to change the target component’s state, thus bypass the original security sanitize function.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Android
Android android
Android tv
Google
Google android Tv
Vendors & Products Android
Android android
Android tv
Google
Google android Tv
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description There exists a TOCTOU race condition in TvSettings AppRestrictionsFragment.java that lead to start of attacker supplied activity in Settings’ context, i.e. system-uid context, thus lead to launchAnyWhere. The core idea is to utilize the time window between the check of Intent and the use to Intent to change the target component’s state, thus bypass the original security sanitize function.
Title Race condition in AndroidTV TvSettings
Weaknesses CWE-367
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Google
Published
Updated
Jul 31, 2025, 1:20 PM
Reserved
Jul 25, 2025, 8:57 AM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jul 31, 2025, 9:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:06 AM