What is CVE-2019-14556?

CVE-2019-14556 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Bios, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2020-10-05.

How severe is CVE-2019-14556?

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

Vulnerability in Intel Bios

CVE-2019-14556

Improper initialization in BIOS firmware for 8th, 9th, 10th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM), Intel(R) Celeron(R) Processor 4000 & 5000 Series Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Vulnerability class: Dirty Pipe (CVE-2022-0847)

EPSS: 0.003 (21.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Intel Bios
Intel Celeron_4205u
Intel Celeron_4305u
Intel Celeron_4305ue
Intel Celeron_5205u
Intel Celeron_5305u
Intel Core_i3_8100
Intel Core_i3_8100f
Intel Core_i3_8100t
Intel Core_i3_8300

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-665 — Improper Initialization

References

secure@intel.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14556?: CVE-2019-14556 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Bios, classified under Improper Initialization. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2020-10-05.
How severe is CVE-2019-14556?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.