CVE-2019-2215

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03. Federal remediation due 2022-05-03.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

72.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2019-10-11 18:16Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:45Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-12-10

Assigning CNA

google_android

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

48b5271bc16a0019acca10ede8347fb5432291a13a74399f6591bbbf8d3d6226

• source.android.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2019-10-01x_refsource_CONFIRM
• seclists.org20191018 CVE 2019-2215 Android Binder Use After Freehttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Oct/38mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154911/Android-Binder-Use-After-Free.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.huawei.comhttp://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20191030-01-binder-enx_refsource_CONFIRM
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• seclists.org20191108 [slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel (SSA:2019-311-01)https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4186-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4186-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200118 [SECURITY] [DLA 2068-1] linux security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156495/Android-Binder-Use-After-Free.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200302 [SECURITY] [DLA 2114-1] linux-4.9 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-2215government-resource