CVE-2019-14556
Improper initialization in BIOS firmware for 8th, 9th, 10th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM), Intel(R...
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.
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
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-14556- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-665
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2019-14556- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-5717 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2019-5717- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-342r-wqp5-r3jj No score
Improper initialization in BIOS firmware for 8th, 9th, 10th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM), Intel(R...
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.
- Record
GHSA-342r-wqp5-r3jj- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-14556 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.4) in Intel Bios, published October 5, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, the 22nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.