CVE-2019-0168
Insufficient input validation in the subsystem for Intel(R) CSME before versions 11.8.70, 12.0.45...
Insufficient input validation in the subsystem for Intel(R) CSME before versions 11.8.70, 12.0.45 and 13.0.10; Intel(R) TXE before versions 3.1.70 and 4.0.20 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Insufficient input validation in the subsystem for Intel(R) CSME before versions 11.8.70, 12.0.45 and 13.0.10; Intel(R) TXE before versions 3.1.70 and 4.0.20 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
- Record
CVE-2019-0168- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Insufficient input validation in the subsystem for Intel(R) CSME before versions 11.8.70, 12.0.45 and 13.0.10; Intel(R) TXE before versions 3.1.70 and 4.0.20 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
- Record
CVE-2019-0168- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-0975 No score
Insufficient input validation in the subsystem for Intel(R) CSME before versions 11.8.70, 12.0.45 and 13.0.10; Intel(R) TXE before versions 3.1.70 and 4.0.20 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
- Record
EUVD-2019-0975- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-85gh-36qf-mrwp No score
Insufficient input validation in the subsystem for Intel(R) CSME before versions 11.8.70, 12.0.45...
Insufficient input validation in the subsystem for Intel(R) CSME before versions 11.8.70, 12.0.45 and 13.0.10; Intel(R) TXE before versions 3.1.70 and 4.0.20 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.
- Record
GHSA-85gh-36qf-mrwp- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-0168 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Intel Converged Security Management Engine Firmware, published December 18, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.35%, the 28th percentile. No source names a fixed version.