# CVE-2019-9455: Information disclosure in Android

> A kernel pointer leak in the Android video driver allows local attackers with system privileges to disclose sensitive information.

- **Severity:** Low 2.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 6 Sep 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9455, GHSA-4m68-w7c2-h86j, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9455

## What is CVE-2019-9455?

CVE-2019-9455 is a low-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Sep 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Android kernel in the video driver there is a kernel pointer leak due to a WARN_ON statement. This could lead to local information disclosure with System execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Weakness: CWE-617 (Reachable Assertion), CWE-209 (Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-9455?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Google Android, Opensuse Leap.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-9455?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2019-9455 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9455 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Google Android

- [CVE-2026-58704](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-58704/): Google Pixel Improper Authorization (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-48543](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48543/): Android Runtime Use-After-Free (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-35674](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35674/): Android Framework Privilege Escalation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2025-48595](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48595/): Android Framework Integer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-32896](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32896/): Android Pixel Privilege Escalation (high 8.1, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-9455 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-9455 is a low-severity vulnerability in Google Android, published on 6 Sep 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9455 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Google Android. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-9455/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-9455/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9455
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9455
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-9455

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-9455/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.