CVE-2019-9448

FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-9448 is an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the Android kernel's FingerTipS touchscreen driver, affecting Google Android devices. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.7) could allow a highly privileged local attacker to achieve system-level escalation of privilege without user interaction. While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability warrants attention.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:google:android:-:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

0.8

Impact Score

5.9

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.19%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

8.4%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0019 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

googlevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference

View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-9448Moderate

kernel: out of bounds write due to missing bounds check in FingerTipS touchscreen driver leads to local privilege escalation

Sep 3, 2019

References

source.android.com / security/bulletin/pixel/2019-09-01

Vendor Advisory