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CVE-2019-14562 json

Integer overflow in DxeImageVerificationHandler() EDK II may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local…

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-5723

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 23%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in DxeImageVerificationHandler() EDK II may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Patch / fix

  • edk2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2020.05-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14562

  • edk2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2
  • edk2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3
  • edk2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14562

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

  • ovmf SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP2-LTSS, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +1 more 2015+git1462940744.321151f-19.15.1
  • ovmf SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +3 more 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.29.1
  • ovmf SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS, SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP1 +2 more 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-5.35.1
  • ovmf SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP2 201911-7.5.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:3126-1SUSE-SU-2020:2714-1SUSE-SU-2020:2713-1SUSE-SU-2020:2691-1

  • ovmf openSUSE Tumbleweed 202105-3.4
  • ovmf openSUSE Leap 15.1 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-lp151.11.9.1
  • ovmf openSUSE Leap 15.2 201911-lp152.6.5.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11134-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1535-1openSUSE-SU-2020:1525-1

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-14562 updated cvss 3.6

edk2: DxeImageVerificationHandler integer overflow leads to endless loop

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 edk2, edk2-ovmf, edk2-aarch64
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 edk2, edk2-ovmf, edk2-tools, edk2-aarch64
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

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

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound

References

Sources

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