CVE-2025-48219
O2 UK IMS E-UTRAN Cell Identity Leak
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.
INFO
Published Date :
May 18, 2025, 3:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
May 19, 2025, 1:35 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
1.4
Exploitability Score :
1.8
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 19, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description O2 UK through 2025-05-17 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. 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. Added Reference https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2025/05/o2-uk-fixes-volte-flaw-that-exposed-user-mobile-location-data.html -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
May. 18, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Tag exclusively-hosted-service Added Description O2 UK through 2025-05-17 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. Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N Added CWE CWE-201 Added Reference https://mastdatabase.co.uk/blog/2025/05/o2-expose-customer-location-call-4g/ Added Reference https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44014046 Added Reference https://www.etsi.org/deliver/etsi_ts/124200_124299/124229/15.10.00_60/ts_124229v151000p.pdf
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