High severity · published Jun 3, 2021
CVE-2019-14584
Null pointer dereference in Tianocore EDK2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access
7.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Null pointer dereference in Tianocore EDK2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 25% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
ED
Edk2 · Tianocore
before 2020-10-21 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14584
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-14584
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1889486
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