CVE-2019-0169 is a heap overflow vulnerability affecting Intel CSME and TXE firmware versions prior to 11.8.70, 11.11.70, 11.22.70, 12.0.45, 3.1.70, and 4.0.20 respectively. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk. An unauthenticated attacker with adjacent network access could exploit this to achieve escalation of privileges, information disclosure, or denial of service. While no public exploit code is available and it's not listed on the KEV catalog, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 11.0, < 11.8.70CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:converged_security_management_engine_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.10, < 11.11.70CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:converged_security_management_engine_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 11.20, < 11.22.70CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:converged_security_management_engine_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 12.0, < 12.0.45CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:converged_security_management_engine_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 3.0, < 3.1.70CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:intel:trusted_execution_engine_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.