Insufficient input validation in system firmware for Intel (R) NUC Kit may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of…

published 2019-05-17 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-2798

cvss: 7.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 29%
public exploits: 0; none known

Insufficient input validation in system firmware for Intel (R) NUC Kit may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, denial of service, and/or information disclosure via local access.

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Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 29% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	7.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	4.6	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

n/a Intel (R) NUC

Classification

Weakness

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

intel.com /content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/INTEL-SA-00251.html
not-applicable

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-11094
NVD CVE-2019-11094

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