What is CVE-2019-0120?

CVE-2019-0120 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Atom 230, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2019-05-17.

How severe is CVE-2019-0120?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Intel Atom 230

CVE-2019-0120

Insufficient key protection vulnerability in silicon reference firmware for Intel(R) Pentium(R) Processor J Series, Intel(R) Pentium(R) Processor N Series, Intel(R) Celeron(R) J Series, Intel(R) Celeron(R) N Series, Intel(R) Atom(R) Processor A Series, Intel(R) Atom(R) Processor E3900 Series, Intel(R) Pentium(R) Processor Silver Series may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Published 2019-05-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.1th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/INTEL-SA-00223.html (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/108485 (vdb-entry)
support.f5.com/csp/article/K29002929

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-0120?: CVE-2019-0120 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Atom 230, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2019-05-17.
How severe is CVE-2019-0120?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.