CVE-2019-14615 Information disclosure in Intel(R) Processors

What is CVE-2019-14615?

CVE-2019-14615 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 17 Jan 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Insufficient control flow in certain data structures for some Intel(R) Processors with Intel(R) Processor Graphics may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-14615?

It affects 445 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Intel Atom E3805, Intel Atom E3805 Firmware, Intel Atom E3815, Intel Atom E3815 Firmware, Intel Atom E3825 and 439 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-14615?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2019-14615 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-14615 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14615, GHSA-pv73-c93j-h78m, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14615, USN-4253-2.