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CVE-2019-0160 json

Buffer overflow in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or denial of…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-0967

cvss
8.7
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via network access.

Patch / fix

  • edk2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0~20181115.85588389-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-0160

  • edk2 Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-0160

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • edk2 RHEL 8 20190308git89910a39dcfd-6.el8
  • edk2-ovmf RHEL 8 20190308git89910a39dcfd-6.el8
  • edk2-aarch64 RHEL 8 20190308git89910a39dcfd-6.el8
  • ovmf RHEL 7 20180508-6.gitee3198e672e2.el7
  • OVMF RHEL 7 20180508-6.gitee3198e672e2.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:3338RHSA-2019:2125

  • ovmf SLE Module for Server Applications 15 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-5.19.1
  • ovmf SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP4, SLED 12 SP4 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.13.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:0804-1SUSE-SU-2019:0766-1

  • ovmf openSUSE Tumbleweed 202105-3.4
  • ovmf openSUSE Leap 15.0 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-lp150.4.16.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11134-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1172-1

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-0160 updated cvss 5.9

edk2: Buffer overflows in PartitionDxe and UdfDxe with long file names and invalid UDF media

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) edk2 20190308git89910a39dcfd-6.el8, edk2-ovmf 20190308git89910a39dcfd-6.el8, edk2-aarch64 20190308git89910a39dcfd-6.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3338
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) ovmf 20180508-6.gitee3198e672e2.el7, OVMF 20180508-6.gitee3198e672e2.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2125

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Exploit prediction

1.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 8.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • n/a Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input
  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

References

Sources

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