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CVE-2019-2189

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.4)—
Severity6.4Medium · CVSS 3.1
Exploitation probability0.12 %higher than 2% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

In the Easel driver, there is possible memory corruption due to race conditions. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.Product: AndroidVersions: Android kernelAndroid ID: A-112312381

CVSS

Base score
6.4
Version
3.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.12 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
2
Score date
10/20/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Google — Android

CWEs

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Raw JSON (NVD)

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