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Android Android Kernel

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

Is it exploited?

Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on , 754 days after the CVE record was published.

How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
72.1%

EPSS score, percentile 99.4 of all scored records

How severe?
7.8 High

CVSS v3.1 base score, from CISA's enrichment of the record

What should I do?

CISA deadline . Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Advisories and patches (1)

Which versions are affected?

Affected

  • Kernel

Versions by product

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of ; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of ; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.

What to do

Required action, set by CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA due date for this action: .

Advisories and patches

Linked from CISA's catalog entry

Affected products and versions

As listed in the CVE record.

n/a Android
StatusVersions
AffectedKernel

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.

About this vulnerability

Android Kernel contains a use-after-free vulnerability in binder.c that allows for privilege escalation from an application to the Linux Kernel. This vulnerability was observed chained with CVE-2020-0041 and CVE-2020-0069 under exploit chain "AbstractEmu."

Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of .

  • CISA added CVE-2019-2215 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 3 Nov 2021.
  • CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
  • The due date CISA sets for the required action is 3 May 2022.
  • The CVE record was published on 11 Oct 2019, 754 days before it was added to KEV.
  • The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (High), taken from CISA's enrichment of the record.
  • FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 72.1% (percentile 99.4), as of 28 Oct 2026.
  • CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total.

Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of ; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of ; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of . About the data.

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

Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of . About the data.

Weakness

CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.

Timeline

DateEvent
CVE record published
Added to CISA KEV
CISA due date for the required action
CVE record last updated

References

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