What is CVE-2019-14559?

CVE-2019-14559 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tianocore Edk2, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-11-23.

How severe is CVE-2019-14559?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Tianocore Edk2

CVE-2019-14559

Uncontrolled resource consumption in EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via network access.

EPSS: 0.013 (67.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Tianocore Edk2
N/a Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (Edk Ii) — versions EDK II

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

secure@intel.com (x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
secure@intel.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14559?: CVE-2019-14559 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tianocore Edk2, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-11-23.
How severe is CVE-2019-14559?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.