CVE-2019-9232 Information disclosure in Android

What is CVE-2019-9232?

CVE-2019-9232 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 27 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In libvpx, there is a possible out of bounds read due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to remote information disclosure with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Product: AndroidVersions: Android-10Android ID: A-122675483

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-9232?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Google Android, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2019-9232?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2019-9232 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9232 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2019-9232, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9232, GHSA-mxrh-wfcj-ww8f, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9232.