CVE-2019-0165 Denial of service in Intel(R) CSME
A privileged local attacker can cause a denial of service in Intel CSME firmware due to insufficient input validation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2019-0165?
CVE-2019-0165 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) CSME, published on 18 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Insufficient Input validation in the subsystem for Intel(R) CSME before versions 12.0.45,13.0.10 and 14.0.10 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-0165?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Converged Security Management Engine Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2019-0165?
No fix has been published for CVE-2019-0165 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-2019-0165 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-0165 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) CSME
- CVE-2019-0153 Memory corruption in Intel(R) Converged Security & Management Engine (CSME)
- CVE-2019-0169 Memory corruption in Intel(R) TXE
- CVE-2022-36392 Denial of service in Intel(R) AMT and Intel(R) Standard Manageability in Intel (R) CSME
- CVE-2018-3643 Information disclosure in Intel(R) Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME) and Intel(R) Server Platform Services firmware
- CVE-2018-3627 Privilege escalation in Intel Converged Security Management Engine (Intel CSME)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fm67-82v9-vpxj.