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CVE-2019-14584 json

Null pointer dereference in Tianocore EDK2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

published 5y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-5745

cvss
7.8
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 25%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Null pointer dereference in Tianocore EDK2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Patch / fix

  • tianocore edk2 2020-10-21
  • edk2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2020.11-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14584

  • 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-2019-14584

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  • edk2 RHEL 8 20210527gite1999b264f1f-3.el8
  • edk2-ovmf RHEL 8 20210527gite1999b264f1f-3.el8
  • edk2-aarch64 RHEL 8 20210527gite1999b264f1f-3.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2021:4198

  • ovmf SLES 12 SP2-BCL 2015+git1462940744.321151f-19.23.1
  • ovmf SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP1 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-5.38.1
  • ovmf SLE Module for Server Applications 15 SP2 201911-7.8.1
  • ovmf SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.32.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2021:2117-1SUSE-SU-2020:3885-1SUSE-SU-2020:3884-1SUSE-SU-2020:3883-1

  • ovmf openSUSE Tumbleweed 202105-3.4
  • shim openSUSE Tumbleweed 15.4-4.2
  • shim openSUSE Leap 15.2 15.4-lp152.4.8.1
  • ovmf openSUSE Leap 15.1 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-lp151.11.12.1
  • ovmf openSUSE Leap 15.2 201911-lp152.6.8.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11134-1openSUSE-SU-2024:11382-1openSUSE-SU-2021:0598-1openSUSE-SU-2020:2336-1openSUSE-SU-2020:2314-1

  • shim-unsigned-aarch64 Azure Linux 3.0 15.8-3
  • shim-unsigned-x64 Azure Linux 3.0 15.8-3

azure linux advisories AZL-40833AZL-41086

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  • edk2-shell Arch Linux 202011-1

arch linux advisories AVG-1359

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Vendor advisories

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red hat product security vex CVE-2019-14584 updated cvss 7.5

edk2: NULL pointer dereference in AuthenticodeVerify()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ovmf, OVMF, AAVMF
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) edk2 20210527gite1999b264f1f-3.el8, edk2-ovmf 20210527gite1999b264f1f-3.el8, edk2-aarch64 20210527gite1999b264f1f-3.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2021:4198
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 edk2, edk2-ovmf, edk2-tools, edk2-aarch64
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/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 Tianocore EDK2

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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