What is CVE-2019-11178?

CVE-2019-11178 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Baseboard Management Controller Firmware, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2019-11-14.

How severe is CVE-2019-11178?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Intel Baseboard Management Controller Firmware

CVE-2019-11178

Stack overflow in Intel(R) Baseboard Management Controller firmware may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure and/or denial of service via network access.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (63.6th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00313.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-11178?: CVE-2019-11178 is a high-severity vulnerability in Intel Baseboard Management Controller Firmware, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2019-11-14.
How severe is CVE-2019-11178?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.