# CVE-2025-48219: O2 UK before 2025-05-19 allows subscribers to determine the Cell ID of other subscribers by initiating an IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) call

- Severity: CVSS 3.5 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-05-18 · Updated: 2025-05-19

## Affected

- O2 UK O2: through 2025-05-17

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on O2 UK O2, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## 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

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