CVE-2019-0168 Information disclosure in Intel(R) CSME, Intel(R) TXE

Medium 4.4 Published Updated

A privileged local attacker can exploit insufficient input validation in Intel CSME and TXE firmware to disclose sensitive information.

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-2019-0168?

CVE-2019-0168 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) CSME, Intel(R) TXE, 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 11.8.70, 12.0.45 and 13.0.10; Intel(R) TXE before versions 3.1.70 and 4.0.20 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-0168?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Intel Converged Security Management Engine Firmware, Intel Trusted Execution Engine Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2019-0168?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-0168 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2019-0168 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-0168 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-85gh-36qf-mrwp.

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