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CVE-2019-14559 json

Uncontrolled resource consumption in EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via network access.

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-5720

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
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

Uncontrolled resource consumption in EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via network access.

Patch / fix

  • edk2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0~20200229.4c0f6e34-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14559

  • edk2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.1
  • edk2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14559

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  • edk2 RHEL 8 20200602gitca407c7246bf-3.el8
  • edk2-ovmf RHEL 8 20200602gitca407c7246bf-3.el8
  • edk2-aarch64 RHEL 8 20200602gitca407c7246bf-3.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:4805

  • ovmf SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +1 more 2015+git1462940744.321151f-19.15.1
  • ovmf SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP1 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-5.32.3
  • ovmf SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +1 more 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.26.1
  • ovmf SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +1 more 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.23.1
  • ovmf SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP1 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-5.29.3
  • ovmf SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +1 more 2015+git1462940744.321151f-19.10.3

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:3126-1SUSE-SU-2020:1125-1SUSE-SU-2020:1065-1SUSE-SU-2020:0699-1SUSE-SU-2020:0568-1SUSE-SU-2020:0495-1

  • ovmf openSUSE Tumbleweed 202105-3.4
  • ovmf openSUSE Leap 15.1 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-lp151.11.6.1
  • ovmf openSUSE Leap 15.1 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-lp151.11.3.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11134-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0622-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0314-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-14559 updated cvss 5.3

edk2: memory leak in ArpOnFrameRcvdDpc

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ovmf, OVMF, AAVMF
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) edk2 20200602gitca407c7246bf-3.el8, edk2-ovmf 20200602gitca407c7246bf-3.el8, edk2-aarch64 20200602gitca407c7246bf-3.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4805

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Exploit prediction

1.32% 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
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

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

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

Sources

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