CVE-2019-2215
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…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 72.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.6% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 3 Nov 2021
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Android Kernel Use-After-Free Vulnerability.
- Added
- 3 Nov 2021
- Fix due (US federal)
- 3 May 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 3 Nov 2021.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- Android Binder Use-After-Free Exploit (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/android/local/binder_uafRank excellentdisclosed 26 Sept 2019
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Android Binder - Use-After-Free (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 48129local, androidpublished 24 Feb 2020Verified
- Android - Binder Driver Use-After-Free (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 47463local, androidpublished 4 Oct 2019Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By google_android
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 72.1% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
Android
- affected Kernel
References
References12
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2019-10-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20191018 CVE 2019-2215 Android Binder Use After Free (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154911/Android-Binder-Use-After-Free.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.huawei.com/en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20191030-01-binder-en (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191031-0005/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20191108 [slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel (SSA:2019-311-01) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155212/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- USN-4186-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200118 [SECURITY] [DLA 2068-1] linux security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156495/Android-Binder-Use-After-Free.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200302 [SECURITY] [DLA 2114-1] linux-4.9 security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-2215 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-11857 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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