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CVE-2019-0161

Stack overflow in XHCI for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial...

5.5 MediumFix available

Stack overflow in XHCI for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.40%Down 1.4 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.5

Stack overflow in XHCI for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Record
CVE-2019-0161
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
2.1 LowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Stack overflow in XHCI for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Record
CVE-2019-0161
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-0968 No score

Stack overflow in XHCI for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Record
EUVD-2019-0968
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jf2h-frpc-5873 5.5

Stack overflow in XHCI for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial...

Stack overflow in XHCI for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Record
GHSA-jf2h-frpc-5873
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVBELL-CVE-2019-0161 5.5

CVE-2019-0161 does not affect BellSoft software

Record
BELL-CVE-2019-0161
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 5.5

Stack overflow in XHCI for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Record
CVE-2019-0161
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-0161 5.5

Stack overflow in XHCI for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-0161
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2019:2125 6.7

Red Hat Security Advisory: ovmf security and enhancement update

Record
RHSA-2019:2125
CVSS 3.0
6.7 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2019:2437 9.8

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Virtualization security update

Record
RHSA-2019:2437
CVSS 3.0
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2019:3338 5.9

Red Hat Security Advisory: edk2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Record
RHSA-2019:3338
CVSS 3.0
5.9 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-0161 5.5

Stack overflow in XHCI for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-0161
CVSS 3.0
5.5 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2021-0035 No score

Updated edk2 packages fix multiples security vulnerabilities

Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access. (CVE-2018-12179).

Insufficient memory write check in SMM service for EDK II may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access. (CVE-2018-12182).

Stack overflow in DxeCore for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access. (CVE-2018-12183).

Buffer overflow in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via network access. (CVE-2019-0160).

Stack overflow in XHCI for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access. (CVE-2019-0161).

Improper authentication in EDK II may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via network access. (CVE-2019-14553).

Insufficient control flow management in BIOS firmware for 8th, 9th, 10th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM), Intel(R) Celeron(R) Processor 4000 & 5000 Series Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access. (CVE-2019-14558).

Uncontrolled resource consumption in EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via network access. (CVE-2019-14559).

Integer truncation in EDK II may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2019-14563).

Logic issue in DxeImageVerificationHandler() for EDK II may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access. (CVE-2019-14575).

EDK II incorrectly parsed signed PKCS #7 data. An attacker could use this issue to cause EDK II to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-14584).

Use after free vulnerability in EDK II may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via adjacent access. (CVE-2019-14586).

Logic issue EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via adjacent access. (CVE-2019-14587).

Integer overflow in DxeImageVerificationHandler() EDK II may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access. (CVE-2019-14562).

Record
MGASA-2021-0035
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2019:1352-1 No score

Security update for ovmf

This update for ovmf fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2019-0161: Fixed a stack overflow in UsbBusDxe and UsbBusPei, which could potentially be triggered by a local unauthenticated user (bsc#1131361).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2019:1352-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11134-1 No score

ovmf-202105-3.4 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the ovmf-202105-3.4 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11134-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:1110-1 No score

Security update for ovmf

This update for ovmf fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2019-0161: Fixed a stack overflow in UsbBusDxe and UsbBusPei, which could potentially be triggered by a local unauthenticated user (bsc#1131361).
Record
SUSE-SU-2019:1110-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:1157-1 No score

Security update for ovmf

This update for ovmf fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2019-0161: Fixed a stack overflow in UsbBusDxe and UsbBusPei, which could potentially be triggered by a local unauthenticated user (bsc#1131361).
Record
SUSE-SU-2019:1157-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2019:1204-1 No score

Security update for ovmf

This update for ovmf fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2019-0161: Fixed a stack overflow in UsbBusDxe and UsbBusPei, which could potentially be triggered by a local unauthenticated user (bsc#1131361).
Record
SUSE-SU-2019:1204-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-7060-1 No score

edk2 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that EDK II did not check the buffer length in XHCI, which could lead to a stack overflow. A local attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-0161)

Laszlo Ersek discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled recursion. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause EDK II to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-28210)

Satoshi Tanda discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled decompressing certain images. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause EDK II to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-28211)

It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly decoded certain strings. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause EDK II to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-38575)

It was discovered that EDK II had integer underflow vulnerability in SmmEntryPoint, which could result in a buffer overflow. An attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-38578)

Elison Niven discovered that OpenSSL, vendored in EDK II, incorrectly handled the c_rehash script. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary commands when c_rehash is run. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-1292)

Record
USN-7060-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
edk2
Debian:12
before 0~20180803.dd4cae4d-1
0~20180803.dd4cae4d-1
edk2
Debian:13
before 0~20180803.dd4cae4d-1
0~20180803.dd4cae4d-1
edk2
Debian:14
before 0~20180803.dd4cae4d-1
0~20180803.dd4cae4d-1
edk2
Debian:9
before 0~20161202.7bbe0b3e-1+deb9u2, plus listed versions
0~20161202.7bbe0b3e-10~20161202.7bbe0b3e-1+deb9u1
0~20161202.7bbe0b3e-1+deb9u2
edk2
Mageia:7
before 20201127stable-1.mga7
20201127stable-1.mga7
OVMF
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:20180508-6.gitee3198e672e2.el7
0:20180508-6.gitee3198e672e2.el7
ovmf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::server
before 0:20180508-6.gitee3198e672e2.el7
0:20180508-6.gitee3198e672e2.el7
redhat-virtualization-host
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:4.3.5-20190722.0.el7_7
0:4.3.5-20190722.0.el7_7
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:4.3.5-20190722.0.el7_7
0:4.3.5-20190722.0.el7_7
imgbased
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:1.1.9-0.1.el7ev
0:1.1.9-0.1.el7ev
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ovirt-node-ng
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:4.3.5-0.20190717.0.el7ev
0:4.3.5-0.20190717.0.el7ev
ovirt-node-ng-nodectl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:4.3.5-0.20190717.0.el7ev
0:4.3.5-0.20190717.0.el7ev
python-imgbased
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:1.1.9-0.1.el7ev
0:1.1.9-0.1.el7ev
python2-ovirt-node-ng-nodectl
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:4.3.5-0.20190717.0.el7ev
0:4.3.5-0.20190717.0.el7ev
redhat-release-virtualization-host
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:4.3.5-2.el7ev
0:4.3.5-2.el7ev
redhat-virtualization-host-image-update-placeholder
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::hypervisor
before 0:4.3.5-2.el7ev
0:4.3.5-2.el7ev
edk2
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:20190308git89910a39dcfd-6.el8
0:20190308git89910a39dcfd-6.el8
edk2-aarch64
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:20190308git89910a39dcfd-6.el8
0:20190308git89910a39dcfd-6.el8
edk2-ovmf
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
before 0:20190308git89910a39dcfd-6.el8
0:20190308git89910a39dcfd-6.el8
ovmf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15
before 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-5.22.1
2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-5.22.1
ovmf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4
before 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.16.1
2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.16.1
ovmf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4
before 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.16.1
2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.16.1
ovmf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4
before 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.16.1
2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.16.1
ovmf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
before 2017+git1492060560.b6d11d7c46-4.26.1
2017+git1492060560.b6d11d7c46-4.26.1
ovmf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
before 2017+git1492060560.b6d11d7c46-4.26.1
2017+git1492060560.b6d11d7c46-4.26.1
edk2
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
before 0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm3, plus listed versions
0~20150106.5c2d456b-20~20160104.c2a892d7-10~20160408.ffea0a2c-20~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.10~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.20~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm1
0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm3
edk2
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
before 0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm2, plus listed versions
0~20170911.5dfba97c-10~20171010.234dbcef-10~20171027.76fd5a66-10~20171205.a9212288-10~20180105.0bc94c74-1
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0~20180205.c0d9813c-10~20180205.c0d9813c-20~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.10~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.20~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.30~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm1
0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm2
edk2
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
before 0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.6, plus listed versions
0~20190606.20d2e5a1-2ubuntu10~20190828.37eef910-30~20190828.37eef910-40~20191122.bd85bf54-10~20191122.bd85bf54-1ubuntu1
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0~20191122.bd85bf54-20~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu10~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu20~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu30~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.10~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.20~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.30~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.40~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.5
0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.6
edk2
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
before 2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.3, plus listed versions
2021.08~rc0-22021.08-32021.11~rc1-12021.11-12021.11-2
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2022.02~rc1-12022.02~rc1-1ubuntu12022.02-12022.02-22022.02-32022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.12022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.2
2022.02-3ubuntu0.22.04.3
ovmf
openSUSE:Leap 15.0
before 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-lp150.4.19.1
2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-lp150.4.19.1
ovmf
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 202105-3.4
202105-3.4

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2019-0161 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Tianocore Edk Ii, published March 27, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.40%, the 33rd percentile. Fixed in edk2 0~20180803.dd4cae4d-1.

References

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