{"id":"CVE-2019-19543","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-19543","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:58:25.702Z","title":"In the Linux kernel before 5.1.6, there is a use-after-free in serial_ir_init_module() in drivers/media/rc/serial_ir.c.","description":"In the Linux kernel before 5.1.6, there is a use-after-free in serial_ir_init_module() in drivers/media/rc/serial_ir.c.","published":"2019-12-03T21:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:26:51.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00378,"percentile":0.31518,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.6","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=56cd26b618855c9af48c8301aa6754ced8dd0beb","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200924-0005/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00029.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.6","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=56cd26b618855c9af48c8301aa6754ced8dd0beb","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200924-0005/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19543","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}