CVE-2019-0161 Memory corruption in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)
A stack overflow in EDK II XHCI allows local attackers to cause a denial of service, requiring firmware updates.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-0161?
CVE-2019-0161 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II), published on 27 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Stack overflow in XHCI for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-0161?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (7)
ovmf SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 | All versions | 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.16.1 |
ovmf SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 | All versions | 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-5.22.1 |
ovmf SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 | All versions | 2017+git1492060560.b6d11d7c46-4.26.1 |
ovmf SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 | All versions | 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.16.1 |
ovmf SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 | All versions | 2017+git1492060560.b6d11d7c46-4.26.1 |
ovmf SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 | All versions | 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.16.1 |
ovmf openSUSE:Leap 15.0 | All versions | 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-lp150.4.19.1 |
Products include Tianocore Edk Ii.
How do I fix CVE-2019-0161?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2019-0161 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-0161 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)
- CVE-2018-12178 Memory corruption in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)
- CVE-2021-28216 Memory corruption in EDK II
- CVE-2018-12179 Privilege escalation in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)
- CVE-2018-3613 Privilege escalation in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)
- CVE-2019-11098 Other in Tianocore
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-0161, GHSA-jf2h-frpc-5873, SUSE-SU-2019:1110-1, SUSE-SU-2019:1157-1, SUSE-SU-2019:1204-1, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-0161 and 1 more.