What is CVE-2019-0152?

CVE-2019-0152 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Xeon Bronze 3104, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-11-14.

How severe is CVE-2019-0152?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Intel Xeon Bronze 3104

CVE-2019-0152

Insufficient memory protection in System Management Mode (SMM) and Intel(R) TXT for certain Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2019-11-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (33.0th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 33.0% 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-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00240.html (Vendor Advisory)
support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display (Third Party Advisory)
support.f5.com/csp/article/K34425791
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-398519.pdf

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-0152?: CVE-2019-0152 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Xeon Bronze 3104, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-11-14.
How severe is CVE-2019-0152?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.