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CVE-2019-9420

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.5)—
Severity6.5Medium · CVSS 3.1
Exploitation probability0.64 %higher than 50% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

In libhevc, there is a possible out of bounds read due to an integer overflow. This could lead to remote denial of service with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is needed for exploitation. Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10Android ID: A-111272481

CVSS

Base score
6.5
Version
3.1
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
0.64 %
Percentile among all scored CVEs
50
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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