CVE-2019-9458

Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-09-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-362

Description

In the Android kernel in the video driver there is a use after free due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected products

Android: all versions
openSUSE Leap: 15.1

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00035.html
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2019-09-01
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00035.html
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/pixel/2019-09-01

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