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CVE-2019-16230

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-16230 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the radeon_display.c driver of the Linux kernel (version 5.2.14). This flaw affects Linux systems utilizing AMD Radeon graphics cards. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7 (Medium) and requires local access with low privileges, but with high attack complexity. While it could lead to a denial of service, the work queue allocation occurs during boot, making an Out-of-Memory condition highly improbable and not attacker-controllable. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.2.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 1,297 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (5)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-alt
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-16230Low

kernel: null pointer dereference in drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/radeon_display.c

Sep 9, 2019

References

bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lkml.org / lkml/2019/9/9/487
PatchThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20191004-0001
Third Party Advisory