CVE-2019-14591 Denial of service in 2019.2 IPU – Intel(R) Graphics Driver for Windows* and Linux

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An authenticated local user can cause a denial of service in Intel Graphics Drivers due to improper input validation in the API.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2019-14591?

CVE-2019-14591 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel Graphics Driver, 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

Improper input validation in the API for Intel(R) Graphics Driver versions before 26.20.100.7209 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14591?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Intel Graphics Driver, Netapp Cloud Backup, Netapp Data Availability Services, Netapp Solidfire Baseboard Management Controller Firmware, Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage.

How do I fix CVE-2019-14591?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-14591 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-2019-14591 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14591 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Intel Graphics Driver vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-g5j6-w97m-f848.

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