Intel NUC System Firmware memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Intel NUC. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component System Firmware Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-14570. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Intel NUC (the affected version is unknown). This issue affects an unknown code of the component System Firmware Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Memory corruption in system firmware for Intel(R) NUC may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, denial of service and/or information disclosure via local access.

The weakness was shared 10/11/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at intel.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-14570 since 08/03/2019. Attacking locally is a requirement. A simple authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/03/2020).

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

The entry VDB-143398 is related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/03/2019 🔍
10/11/2019 +69 days 🔍
10/12/2019 +1 days 🔍
10/03/2020 +357 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: intel.com

Advisory: intel.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2019-14570 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-14570
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-143399
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/12/2019 17:04
Updated: 10/03/2020 11:28
Changes: 10/12/2019 17:04 (54), 10/03/2020 11:28 (1)
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