diff --git a/packages/components/src/sandbox/index.native.js b/packages/components/src/sandbox/index.native.js
index 844997779e3e6a..df5f0138fb95f8 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/sandbox/index.native.js
+++ b/packages/components/src/sandbox/index.native.js
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 /**
  * External dependencies
  */
-import { Dimensions, Platform } from 'react-native';
+import { Dimensions, StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
 import { WebView } from 'react-native-webview';
 
 /**
  * WordPress dependencies
  */
 import {
+	Platform,
 	renderToString,
 	memo,
 	useRef,
@@ -307,6 +308,7 @@ function Sandbox( {
 			style={ [
 				sandboxStyles[ 'sandbox-webview__content' ],
 				getSizeStyle(),
+				Platform.isAndroid && workaroundStyles.webView,
 			] }
 			onMessage={ checkMessageForResize }
 			scrollEnabled={ false }
@@ -317,4 +319,15 @@ function Sandbox( {
 	);
 }
 
+const workaroundStyles = StyleSheet.create( {
+	webView: {
+		/**
+		 * The slight opacity below is a workaround for an Android crash caused from combining Android
+		 * 12's new scroll overflow behavior and webviews.
+		 * https://github.com/react-native-webview/react-native-webview/issues/1915#issuecomment-808869253
+		 */
+		opacity: 0.99,
+	},
+} );
+
 export default memo( Sandbox );
diff --git a/packages/react-native-editor/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/react-native-editor/CHANGELOG.md
index bb401e0ec9984a..11d2ed3a45c172 100644
--- a/packages/react-native-editor/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/react-native-editor/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ For each user feature we should also add a importance categorization label  to i
 
 -   [*] Add React Native FastImage [#42009]
 -   [*] Block inserter displays block collections [#42405]
+-   [**] Fix a crash when scrolling posts containing Embed blocks (Android 12 only) [#42514]
 
 ## 1.79.0
 -   [*] Add 'Insert from URL' option to Video block [#41493]