CVE-2019-2215
Use After Free
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
A use-after-free in binder.c allows an elevation of privilege from an application to the Linux Kernel. No user interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability, however exploitation does require either the installation of a malicious local application or a separate vulnerability in a network facing application.Product: AndroidAndroid ID: A-141720095
Official description from the CVE record, published by google_android. Copyright © 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. See /security/cve/legal for the CVE license. View the record on cve.org
Key data
CVSS 3.1 High 7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector: Local
The attacker needs local access to the system, or to trick a user into running something.
Attack complexity: Low
No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.
Privileges required: Low
A basic user account is needed.
User interaction: None
No action from any user is needed.
Scope: Unchanged
The impact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality impact: High
Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data.
Integrity impact: High
Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data.
Availability impact: High
Serious or total effect on availability.
| Metric | Value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Attack vector | Local | The attacker needs local access to the system, or to trick a user into running something. |
| Attack complexity | Low | No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will. |
| Privileges required | Low | A basic user account is needed. |
| User interaction | None | No action from any user is needed. |
| Scope | Unchanged | The impact stays within the vulnerable component. |
| Confidentiality impact | High | Serious or total effect on the secrecy of data. |
| Integrity impact | High | Serious or total effect on the trustworthiness of data. |
| Availability impact | High | Serious or total effect on availability. |
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EPSS
- Score
- 0.72105 (72.1% probability)
- Percentile
- 99.4%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- Name in the catalog
- Android Kernel Use-After-Free Vulnerability
- Added to the catalog
- Nov 3, 2021
- Federal due date
- May 3, 2022
CISA assessment as of Feb 7, 2025
- Exploitation
- Recorded by CISA as active
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-416Use After Free
Affected products
Android
- affected: Kernel
References
- source.android.com/security/bulletin/2019-10-01
- 20191018 CVE 2019-2215 Android Binder Use After Free (seclists.org)mailing-list
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/154911/Android-Binder-Use-Aft…
- huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20191030-…
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005
- 20191108 [slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel (SSA:2019-311-01) (seclists.org)mailing-list
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Adv…
- USN-4186-1 (usn.ubuntu.com)vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200118 [SECURITY] [DLA 2068-1] linux security update (lists.debian.org)mailing-list
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/156495/Android-Binder-Use-Aft…
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200302 [SECURITY] [DLA 2114-1] linux-4.9 security update (lists.debian.org)mailing-list
Timeline
- ID reserved
- Record published
- Added to CISA KEV
- Record last updated
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