A vulnerability was found in Intel SGX (Chip Software) (affected version not known). It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Memory Protection. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Insufficient memory protection in Intel(R) 6th Generation Core Processors and greater, supporting SGX, may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

The weakness was released 11/14/2019. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-0123 since 11/13/2018. An attack has to be approached locally. A authentication is required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 02/14/2024).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Intel

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• SGX

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• commercial

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