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

> CVE-2019-2215: Android Kernel Use-After-Free Vulnerability. CVSS 7.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2019-2215
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:45:29Z

- Published: 2019-10-11 18:16 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:45 UTC · Assigner: google\_android
- CVSS: 7.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 72.1%, 99th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2021-11-03, federal due date 2022-05-03, ransomware use: Unknown

## 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

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- n/a: Android

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-2215)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2215)
- [http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154911/Android-Binder-Use-After-Free.html](http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154911/Android-Binder-Use-After-Free.html)
- [http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html](http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html)
- [http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156495/Android-Binder-Use-After-Free.html](http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156495/Android-Binder-Use-After-Free.html)
- [http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Oct/38](http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Oct/38)
- [https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html](https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.html)
- [https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html](https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html)
- [https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11](https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11)
- [https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/](https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/)
- [https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2019-10-01](https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2019-10-01)
- [https://usn.ubuntu.com/4186-1/](https://usn.ubuntu.com/4186-1/)
- [http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20191030-01-binder-en](http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20191030-01-binder-en)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2019-2215 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2019-2215.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2019-2215 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:47:13.081Z