Vulnerability · Published May 18, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2025-48219
Low 3.5
In plain English
A low-severity security flaw in O2 from O2 UK. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 27% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
O2 UK before 2025-05-19 allows subscribers to determine the Cell ID of other subscribers by initiating an IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) call and then reading the utran-cell-id-3gpp field of a Cellular-Network-Info SIP header, aka an ECI (E-UTRAN Cell Identity) leak. The Cell ID might be usable to identify a cell location via crowdsourced data, and might correspond to a small physical area (e.g., if the called party is in a city centre). Removal of the Cellular-Network-Info header is mentioned in section 4.4.19 of ETSI TS 124 229.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-201 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
- https://mastdatabase.co.uk/blog/2025/05/o2-expose-customer-location-call-4g/
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44014046
- https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/124200_124299/124229/15.10.00_60/ts_124229v151000p.pdf
- https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2025/05/o2-uk-fixes-volte-flaw-that-exposed-user-mobile-location-data.html