# CVE-2019-0184: Information disclosure in 2019.2 IPU – Intel(R) TXT

> A privileged local user can exploit insufficient access control in Intel TXT to disclose protected memory information.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** No
- **Published:** 14 Nov 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2fcv-44qv-q3qw

## What is CVE-2019-0184?

CVE-2019-0184 is a medium-severity vulnerability in 2019.2 IPU – Intel(R) TXT, published on 14 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Insufficient access control in protected memory subsystem for Intel(R) TXT for 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) Processor Families; Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor E3-1500 v5 and v6 Families; Intel(R) Xeon(R) E-2100 and E-2200 Processor Families with Intel(R) Processor Graphics and Intel(R) TXT may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-0184?

It affects 128 products.


Products: Intel Core I5-6360u Firmware, Intel Core I5-6440eq Firmware, Intel Core I5-6440hq Firmware, Intel Core I5-6442eq Firmware, Intel Core I5-6500 Firmware, Intel Core I5-6500t Firmware, Intel Core I5-6500te Firmware, Intel Core I5-6585r Firmware, Intel Core I5-6600 Firmware, Intel Core I5-6600t Firmware, Intel Core I5-6685r Firmware, Intel Core I5-7300u Firmware, Intel Core I5-7360u Firmware, Intel Core I5-7440eq Firmware, Intel Core I5-7440hq Firmware, Intel Core I5-7442eq Firmware, Intel Core I5-7500 Firmware, Intel Core I5-7500t Firmware, Intel Core I5-7600 Firmware, Intel Core I5-7600t Firmware and 108 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-0184?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-0184 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-0184 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-0184 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-0184 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-0184 is a medium-severity vulnerability in 2019.2 IPU – Intel(R) TXT, published on 14 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-0184 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: 2019.2 IPU – Intel(R) TXT. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0184/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-0184/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-0184
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-0184
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-0184

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