How severe is CVE-2019-2215?

CVE-2019-2215 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 72.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2019-2215: Android Kernel Use-After-Free Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Android Kernel Use-After-Free Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2021-11-03

Remediation due

2022-05-03

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2215

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

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.8 HIGH

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

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Exploitation Context

as of October 13, 2026

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CISA added CVE-2019-2215 to the KEV catalog 754 days after its CVE record was published.
It is one of 17 Android entries in the CISA KEV catalog, and one of 2 added in 2021.
Its current EPSS score (72.1%) is higher than that of 59% of CISA KEV entries.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	Android	Kernel

References

11 Links

Vendor advisories

USN-4186-1

Mailing lists

Other references

Record Details

Published

2019-10-11

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

google_android

Credited to

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