# CVE-2019-11172: Information disclosure in Intel(R) BMC

> An out-of-bounds read in Intel BMC firmware allows unauthenticated attackers to disclose sensitive information via network access.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Nov 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4c83-m6v2-mvrm

## What is CVE-2019-11172?

CVE-2019-11172 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) BMC, published on 14 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Out of bound read in Intel(R) Baseboard Management Controller firmware may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via network access.

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-11172?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Intel Baseboard Management Controller Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-11172?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-11172 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-11172 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11172 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) BMC

- [CVE-2019-11171](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11171/): Memory corruption in Intel(R) BMC (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-11168](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11168/): Information disclosure in Intel(R) BMC (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2019-11178](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11178/): Denial of service in Intel(R) BMC (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2020-24474](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24474/): Memory corruption in Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2020-24473](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24473/): Memory corruption in Intel(R) Server Boards, Server Systems and Compute Modules (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-11172 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-11172 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) BMC, published on 14 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-11172 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Intel(R) BMC. 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-2019-11172/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11172/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-11172
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11172
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-11172

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