CVE-2019-9278
In libexif, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege in the…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 4.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In libexif, there is a possible out of bounds write due to an integer overflow. This could lead to remote escalation of privilege in the media content provider with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10Android ID: A-112537774
Timeline
ID reserved
By google_android
- 7 months later
· 7 months later
Published
- 5 years later
· 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.3% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
Android
- affected Android-10
References
15
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/android-10 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20191025 Security fixes from Android 10 release which are relevant outside the Android ecosystem? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20191026 Re: Security fixes from Android 10 release which are relevant outside the Android ecosystem? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20191107 Re: Security fixes from Android 10 release which are relevant outside the Android ecosystem? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-4618 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200210 [SECURITY] [DLA 2100-1] libexif security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20200210 [SECURITY] [DSA 4618-1] libexif security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://github.com/libexif/libexif/issues/26 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/libexif/libexif/commit/75aa73267fdb1e0ebfbc00369e7312bac43d0566 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-4277-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0264 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2020:0793 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-b4db792558 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-085150ac6e (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-202007-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
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)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-18653 (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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