# CVE-2019-14607: Privilege escalation in Intel® Processors

> An authenticated local attacker can exploit improper condition checks in Intel processors to escalate privileges, cause denial of service, or disclose information.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 Dec 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14607, DSA-4565-2, GHSA-x286-gjf2-c426, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14607

## What is CVE-2019-14607?

CVE-2019-14607 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel® Processors, published on 16 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper conditions check in multiple Intel® Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable partial escalation of privilege, denial of service and/or information disclosure via local access.

Weakness: CWE-754 (Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14607?

It affects 378 products.


Products: Intel Core I3-1000g1 Firmware, Intel Core I3-1000g4 Firmware, Intel Core I3-1005g1 Firmware, Intel Core I3-10110u Firmware, Intel Core I3-10110y Firmware, Intel Core I3-6006u Firmware, Intel Core I3-6098p Firmware, Intel Core I3-6100 Firmware, Intel Core I3-6100e Firmware, Intel Core I3-6100h Firmware, Intel Core I3-6100t Firmware, Intel Core I3-6100te Firmware, Intel Core I3-6100u Firmware, Intel Core I3-6102e Firmware, Intel Core I3-6157u Firmware, Intel Core I3-6167u Firmware, Intel Core I3-6300 Firmware, Intel Core I3-6300t Firmware, Intel Core I3-6320 Firmware, Intel Core I3-7020u Firmware and 358 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-14607?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2019-14607 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14607 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Intel® Processors

- [CVE-2021-33123](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-33123/): Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Processors (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-33894](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-33894/): Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Processors (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2021-33103](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-33103/): Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Processors (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2021-33124](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-33124/): Memory corruption in Intel(R) Processors (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2019-11157](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11157/): Privilege escalation in Intel(R) Processors (medium 6.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-14607 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-14607 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel® Processors, published on 16 Dec 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-2019-14607 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Intel® Processors. 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-2019-14607/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14607/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14607
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14607
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-14607

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