CVE-2017-5699 Denial of service in MinnowBoard 3
A local attacker can cause a denial of service on Intel MinnowBoard 3 devices by exploiting an input validation error in UEFI APIs.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-5699?
CVE-2017-5699 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel Corporation MinnowBoard 3, published on 18 Jan 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Input validation error in Intel MinnowBoard 3 Firmware versions prior to 0.65 allow local attacker to cause denial of service via UEFI APIs.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5699?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Minnowboard 3 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2017-5699?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-5699 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-5699 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5699 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v8hm-wvhp-xmgj.