CVE-2025-26416
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedIn initializeSwizzler of SkBmpStandardCodec.cpp, there is a possible out of bounds write due to a heap buffer overflow. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA heap buffer overflow vulnerability in SkBmpStandardCodec.cpp's initializeSwizzler function allows out-of-bounds write during BMP image parsing. This remote privilege escalation requires no user interaction and no additional execution privileges.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 13.0= 14.0= 15.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check Android OS versionRun 'getprop ro.build.version.release' or check Settings > About Phone > Android versionAffected if The version is 13.0, 14.0, or 15.0 exactly (these are the affected versions per the CVE)
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Identify Skia library presenceCheck for libskia.so in /system/lib/ or /vendor/lib/ directories, or examine app dependencies for Skia library inclusionAffected if Skia library is present on the device
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Determine Skia library versionRun 'strings libskia.so | grep -i skia' or use a binary analysis tool to extract version metadata from the Skia library fileAffected if Unable to confirm the library is patched to a version beyond the CVE fix (the fix is in a patched version of Skia containing the CVE-2025-26416 fix)
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Verify BMP image processing capabilityCheck if applications or services on the device process BMP images, as the vulnerability triggers during BMP parsing in the initializeSwizzler functionAffected if BMP image processing is enabled or used on the device
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Review products embedding SkiaAudit any applications or system components that embed or link against the Skia library, as the vulnerability affects any product using the vulnerable BMP codecAffected if Any product uses the Skia library for image decoding on affected Android versions
A device is affected if it runs Android 13.0, 14.0, or 15.0 and contains the vulnerable Skia library with BMP parsing capability, since the heap buffer overflow in initializeSwizzler triggers during BMP image processing.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate to the patched version of the Skia library containing the CVE-2025-26416 fix; audit all products and dependencies that embed or use this library.
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation4.0 h
- Testing8.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-26416 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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