CVE-2019-9458 Use after free in Android

What is CVE-2019-9458?

CVE-2019-9458 is a high-severity use after free 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 use after free due to a race condition. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Weakness: CWE-416, CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-9458?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Google Android, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2019-9458?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2019-9458 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-9458 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2026-58704 Google Pixel Improper Authorization Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2025-48543 Android Runtime Use-After-Free Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2023-35674 Android Framework Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2025-48595 Android Framework Integer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2024-32896 Android Pixel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.1

All Google Android vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-9458, GHSA-8g22-424r-399r, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-9458.