CVE-2019-9232

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

Published: 2019-09-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-9232 is rated Moderate Risk (60.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.09%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-9232

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 6.58% 5.09% -1.49%
2 2026-05-27 9.27% 6.58% -2.68%
3 2025-12-28 9.27%

Full EPSS history (25 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-9232

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-9232

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-9232

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2019-9232: 1 source package rows (libvpx); 8 state rows across 8 repos (3.11-main, 3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 8, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-9232
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-9232 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libvpx), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-9232
gentoo normal CVE-2019-9232: 1 GLSA(s) (202003-59), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/libvpx); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2019-9232
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9232
suse medium CVE-2019-9232 severity moderate: SUSE including 32 source package names (beta1:libvpx1-1.3.0-3.6.1, libvpx-1.3.0-8.el7, …), 78 product×package rows across 56 product lines (Container caasp/v4/nginx-ingress-controller, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-BYOS, … (56 product lines)): Fixed 78. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9232/
ubuntu low CVE-2019-9232 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libvpx), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, focal, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 5, not-affected 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-9232

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-9232

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
google android 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:google:android:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 19.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 30 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 31 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-9232

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00049.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/25/17 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/10/27/1 Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/07/1 Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00030.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DQSTK442ATWJOR4TU3MR6C3N5A6NDFFN/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U2IIA3RSYABBUCFIHXIRVUT5CTJVWWZ6/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/43 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-59 Third Party Advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/android-10 Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4199-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4199-2/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4578 Third Party Advisory
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