CVE-2019-0169 Memory corruption in Intel(R) TXE

What is CVE-2019-0169?

CVE-2019-0169 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in 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

Heap overflow in subsystem in Intel(R) CSME before versions 11.8.70, 11.11.70, 11.22.70, 12.0.45; Intel(R) TXE before versions 3.1.70 and 4.0.20 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privileges, information disclosure or denial of service via adjacent access.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-0169?

It affects 2 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2019-0169?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-0169 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2019-0169 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-0169 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) TXE

• CVE-2019-0153 Memory corruption in Intel(R) Converged Security & Management Engine (CSME) Critical 9.8
• CVE-2022-36392 Denial of service in Intel(R) AMT and Intel(R) Standard Manageability in Intel (R) CSME High 8.6
• CVE-2018-3643 Information disclosure in Intel(R) Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME) and Intel(R) Server Platform Services firmware High 8.2
• CVE-2018-3627 Privilege escalation in Intel Converged Security Management Engine (Intel CSME) High 8.2
• CVE-2020-0542 Privilege escalation in Intel(R) CSME High 7.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-wr9c-8f8x-8242.