In GateKeeper::MintAuthToken of gatekeeper.cpp in Android 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1 and 9, there is possible memory corruption due to a double…

Published 7 y ago 2019-09-05 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.8

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.3%

percentile 19%

Public exploits

none known

In GateKeeper::MintAuthToken of gatekeeper.cpp in Android 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 8.0, 8.1 and 9, there is possible memory corruption due to a double free. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.27% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	7.2	`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`

Affected products

n/a Android

Classification

Weakness

CWE-415 Double Free
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

source.android.com /security/bulletin/2019-09-01 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2019-2115
NVD: CVE-2019-2115

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