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
CVE-2019-2215
“▲” beside the score: it is higher than NVD's CVSS score.
Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8 retained for reference. The 9.0 is the floor for confirmed exploitation, not an impact rating: this CVE's impact severity (EG Severity) is CVSS 7.8 HIGH under GitHub Security Advisory CVSS. Confidence: HIGH.
Also known asEUVD-2019-11857 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV) — the reason this is sooner than the SSVC decision on this page at low or medium mission impact
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.8
- EG Score
- 9.0CRITICALhigh confidence
- EG Risk
- 75EG Risk 75/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity78% × 45%Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 7.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.Exploitation100% × 40%Fixed at 100% for a CISA KEV listing: EchelonGraph's rule.Automatability0% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact. - EPSS PROB
- 72%
- EPSS %ILE
- 99th
- KEV
- ⚠ Exploited
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (9.0): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.0 is the CISA KEV floor for confirmed exploitation, not an impact rating: its impact severity (EG Severity) is CVSS 7.8 HIGH.
- EG Severity
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 72% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-01). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- CISA KEV and EG-KEV Tier 1 (exploited in the wild)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Attend at medium mission impactTrack at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 14 days if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Attend at medium and Act at high mission impact.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low, sooner than that at medium and as soon as possible at high mission impact.
Exploitation active (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days & forensic triage if the affected system is publicly exposed; 14 days if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV yes (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
CISA required action“Apply updates per vendor instructions.”
Quoted verbatim from CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. CISA directs it at US federal civilian executive branch agencies under Binding Operational Directive (BOD) 26-04, which replaced BOD 22-01 on 10 June 2026; it is not EchelonGraph's advice. CISA's notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-2215
Published
October 11, 2019
Last Modified
October 24, 2025
Advisory Details (10)
Auto-updated Nov 2, 2026Android Security Bulletin—October 2019 | Android Open Source Project
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2019-10-01Bugtraq: [slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel (SSA:2019-311-01)
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/11[SECURITY] [DLA 2114-1] linux-4.9 security update
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00001.html[SECURITY] [DLA 2068-1] linux security update
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00013.htmlSecurity Advisory - Use-after-free Vulnerability in Android Kernel
http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20191030-01-binder-enFull Disclosure: CVE 2019-2215 Android Binder Use After Free
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Oct/38Patch Availability(1)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fix (by version range) / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | linux-image-virtual-lts-xenial (4.4.0.168.176) @ xenial | 2026-11-02 | ubuntu |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(6 across 5 ecosystems)
Debian:8(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | 3.16.36-1 ... 3.16.76-1 (69 versions) |
| — |
| linux-4.9 | 4.9.110-1~deb8u1, 4.9.144-3.1~deb8u1, 4.9.168-1~deb8u1, 4.9.189-3~deb8u1 |
| — |
Debian:11(1)
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| linux | — |
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Debian:12(1)
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| linux | — |
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Debian:13(1)
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| linux | — |
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Debian:14(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fix by version range | Dependents |
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| linux | — |
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Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
All Vendor Advisories
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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 24× in last 7d / 187× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
Showing the most recent 100 of 1,795 refreshes on record for this CVE.
A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 1,695 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.
- 2026-11-02 02:18 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-11-02 02:18 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-11-02 02:18 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-11-01 02:33 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-11-01 02:33 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-11-01 02:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-31 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 72% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-31 02:49 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-31 02:49 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-31 02:48 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-30 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 72% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-30 03:03 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-30 03:03 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-30 03:03 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-29 03:18 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-29 03:18 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-29 03:18 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-28 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 72% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-28 03:33 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-28 03:33 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-28 03:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-27 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 72% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-27 03:46 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-27 03:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-26 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 72% · 99th percentile
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- 2026-10-26 03:58 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-26 03:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-25 19:00 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-25 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 72% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-25 04:13 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-25 04:13 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-25 04:13 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-24 04:28 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-24 04:28 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-24 04:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-23 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 72% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-23 04:42 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-23 04:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-22 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 72% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-22 04:55 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-22 04:55 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-22 04:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-21 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 72% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-21 05:08 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-21 05:08 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-21 05:08 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-20 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 72% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-20 05:22 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-20 05:22 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-20 05:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-19 05:36 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-19 05:36 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-19 05:36 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-18 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 72% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-18 05:49 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-18 05:49 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-18 05:49 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-17 06:03 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-17 06:03 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-17 06:03 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-16 06:16 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-16 06:16 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-16 06:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-15 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 72% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-15 06:31 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-15 06:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-14 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 72% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-14 06:45 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-14 06:45 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-14 06:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-13 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 72% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-13 06:58 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-13 06:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-12 19:56 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-12 07:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-12 03:27 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-12 03:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-11 23:44 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-11 23:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-11 20:00 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-11 20:00 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-11 20:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-11 16:18 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-11 16:18 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-11 16:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-11 12:34 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-11 12:34 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-11 12:34 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-11 08:52 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-11 08:52 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-11 05:10 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-11 05:10 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-11 01:28 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-11 01:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-10 21:44 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-10 21:44 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-10 21:44 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
- 2026-10-10 19:55 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 72% · 99th percentile
- 2026-10-10 17:59 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-10-10 17:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-m7g6-9cwp-6jgm · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.8
Publicly available exploits
(14 references, 10 shown)Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Metasploit module, 2 Exploit-DB entries, 11 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.
- Exploit-DBEDB-48129✓ verifiedPublished Feb 24, 2020
Android Binder - Use-After-Free (Metasploit)
Open source ↗ - Metasploitexploit/android/local/binder_uaf✓ verifiedPublished Feb 23, 2020
Android Binder Use-After-Free Exploit
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-47463✓ verifiedPublished Oct 4, 2019
Android - Binder Driver Use-After-Free
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCflipphoneguy/root-sonim-xp3800Published Jun 30, 2026
app that ports CVE-2019-2215 to arm32 and mounts a su binary to /sbin with denylist + root app installer. firehose/Magisk guide included
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoC0xbinder/android-kernel-exploitation-labPublished Mar 13, 2025
This lab guides you through setting up an environment to explore CVE-2019-2215, a critical Android kernel vulnerability in the binder subsystem.
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCR0rt1z2/huawei-unlockPublished May 20, 2024
Unlock your Huawei device with ADB (CVE-2019-2215)
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCstevejubx/CVE-2019-2215Published Nov 5, 2023
Android Kernel Vulnerability (CVE-2019-2215) temporary root PoC
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCc3r34lk1ll3r/CVE-2019-2215Published Oct 27, 2020
PoC for old Binder vulnerability (based on P0 exploit)
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCsharif-dev/AndroidKernelVulnerabilityPublished Jun 7, 2020
Triggering and Analyzing Android Kernel Vulnerability CVE-2019-2215
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCqre0ct/android-kernel-exploitation-ashfaq-CVE-2019-2215Published Apr 25, 2020
android-kernel-exploitation-ashfaq-CVE-2019-2215 docker setup for mac users
Open source ↗
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