CVE-2019-14584
Null pointer dereference in Tianocore EDK2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable...
Null pointer dereference in Tianocore EDK2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege 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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
7.8
Null pointer dereference in Tianocore EDK2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
CVE-2019-14584- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Null pointer dereference in Tianocore EDK2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
CVE-2019-14584- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-5745 No score
Null pointer dereference in Tianocore EDK2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
EUVD-2019-5745- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r5j3-cc22-8xx9 No score
Null pointer dereference in Tianocore EDK2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable...
Null pointer dereference in Tianocore EDK2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
GHSA-r5j3-cc22-8xx9- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVAZL-40833
7.8
CVE-2019-14584 affecting package shim-unsigned-aarch64 for versions less than 15.8-3
Null pointer dereference in Tianocore EDK2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
AZL-40833- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVAZL-41086
7.8
CVE-2019-14584 affecting package shim-unsigned-x64 for versions less than 15.8-3
Null pointer dereference in Tianocore EDK2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
AZL-41086- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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OSV
7.8
Null pointer dereference in Tianocore EDK2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
CVE-2019-14584- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-14584
7.8
Null pointer dereference in Tianocore EDK2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14584- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2022-1986
7.8
edk2 security update
EDK II is a modern, feature-rich, cross-platform firmware development environment for the UEFI and PI specifications.
Security Fix(es):
Null pointer dereference in Tianocore EDK2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.(CVE-2019-14584)
Insufficient input validation in MdeModulePkg in EDKII may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, denial of service and/or information disclosure via physical access.(CVE-2019-11098)
- Record
OESA-2022-1986- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2022-1987
7.8
edk2 security update
EDK II is a modern, feature-rich, cross-platform firmware development environment for the UEFI and PI specifications.
Security Fix(es):
Null pointer dereference in Tianocore EDK2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.(CVE-2019-14584)
Insufficient input validation in MdeModulePkg in EDKII may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, denial of service and/or information disclosure via physical access.(CVE-2019-11098)
- Record
OESA-2022-1987- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVRHSA-2021:4198
7.8
Red Hat Security Advisory: edk2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Record
RHSA-2021:4198- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-14584
7.8
Null pointer dereference in Tianocore EDK2 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14584- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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-2020:2314-1 No score
Security update for ovmf
This update for ovmf fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2019-14584: Fixed a null dereference in AuthenticodeVerify() (bsc#1177789).
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP2:Update update project.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:2314-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:2336-1 No score
Security update for ovmf
This update for ovmf fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2019-14584: Fixed a null dereference in AuthenticodeVerify() (bsc#1177789).
This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:2336-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2021:0598-1 No score
Security update for shim
This update for shim fixes the following issues:
-
Updated openSUSE x86 signature
-
Avoid the error message during linux system boot (boo#1184454)
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Prevent the build id being added to the binary. That can cause issues with the signature
Update to 15.4 (boo#1182057)
- Rename the SBAT variable and fix the self-check of SBAT
- sbat: add more dprint()
- arm/aa64: Swizzle some sections to make old sbsign happier
- arm/aa64 targets: put .rel* and .dyn* in .rodata
- Change the SBAT variable name and enhance the handling of SBAT (boo#1182057)
Update to 15.3 for SBAT support (boo#1182057)
- Drop gnu-efi from BuildRequires since upstream pull it into the
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Generate vender-specific SBAT metadata
- Add dos2unix to BuildRequires since Makefile requires it for vendor SBAT
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Update dbx-cert.tar.xz and vendor-dbx.bin to block the following sign keys:
- SLES-UEFI-SIGN-Certificate-2020-07.crt
- openSUSE-UEFI-SIGN-Certificate-2020-07.crt
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Check CodeSign in the signer's EKU (boo#1177315)
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Fixed NULL pointer dereference in AuthenticodeVerify() (boo#1177789, CVE-2019-14584)
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All newly released openSUSE kernels enable kernel lockdown and signature verification, so there is no need to add the prompt anymore.
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shim-install: Support changing default shim efi binary in /usr/etc/default/shim and /etc/default/shim (boo#1177315)
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2021:0598-1- 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
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:11382-1 No score
shim-15.4-4.2 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the shim-15.4-4.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:11382-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:3883-1 No score
Security update for ovmf
This update for ovmf fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2019-14584: Fixed a null dereference in AuthenticodeVerify() (bsc#1177789).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2020:3883-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:3884-1 No score
Security update for ovmf
This update for ovmf fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2019-14584: Fixed a null dereference in AuthenticodeVerify() (bsc#1177789).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2020:3884-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2020:3885-1 No score
Security update for ovmf
This update for ovmf fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2019-14584: Fixed a null dereference in AuthenticodeVerify() (bsc#1177789).
- Record
SUSE-SU-2020:3885-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2021:2117-1 No score
Security update for ovmf
This update for ovmf fixes the following issues:
- Fixed a possible buffer overflow in IScsiDxe (bsc#1186151)
- CVE-2021-28211: ovmf: edk2: possible heap corruption with LzmaUefiDecompressGetInfo (bsc#1183578)
- CVE-2021-28210: ovmf: unlimited FV recursion, round 2 (bsc#1183579)
- CVE-2019-14584: ovmf,shim: NULL pointer dereference in AuthenticodeVerify() (bsc#1177789)
- Record
SUSE-SU-2021:2117-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUSN-4684-1 No score
edk2 vulnerabilities
Laszlo Ersek discovered that EDK II incorrectly validated certain signed images. An attacker could possibly use this issue with a specially crafted image to cause EDK II to hang, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-14562)
It was discovered that 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)
- Record
USN-4684-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
shim-unsigned-aarch64Azure Linux:3 |
before 15.8-3 | 15.8-3 |
shim-unsigned-x64Azure Linux:3 |
before 15.8-3 | 15.8-3 |
edk2Debian:12 |
before 2020.11-1 | 2020.11-1 |
edk2Debian:13 |
before 2020.11-1 | 2020.11-1 |
edk2Debian:14 |
before 2020.11-1 | 2020.11-1 |
edk2Debian:9 |
before 0~20161202.7bbe0b3e-1+deb9u2, plus listed versions 0~20161202.7bbe0b3e-10~20161202.7bbe0b3e-1+deb9u1 |
0~20161202.7bbe0b3e-1+deb9u2 |
edk2Mageia:7 |
before 20201127stable-1.mga7 | 20201127stable-1.mga7 |
edk2openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP1 |
before 202002-10.oe1 | 202002-10.oe1 |
edk2openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP3 |
before 202002-10.oe1 | 202002-10.oe1 |
edk2Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream |
before 0:20210527gite1999b264f1f-3.el8 | 0:20210527gite1999b264f1f-3.el8 |
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| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
edk2-aarch64Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream |
before 0:20210527gite1999b264f1f-3.el8 | 0:20210527gite1999b264f1f-3.el8 |
edk2-ovmfRed Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream |
before 0:20210527gite1999b264f1f-3.el8 | 0:20210527gite1999b264f1f-3.el8 |
ovmfSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 |
before 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.32.1 | 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.32.1 |
ovmfSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 |
before 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.32.1 | 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.32.1 |
ovmfSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP2 |
before 201911-7.8.1 | 201911-7.8.1 |
ovmfSUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1 |
before 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-5.38.1 | 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-5.38.1 |
ovmfSUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL |
before 2015+git1462940744.321151f-19.23.1 | 2015+git1462940744.321151f-19.23.1 |
edk2Ubuntu:16.04:LTS |
before 0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2, plus listed versions 0~20150106.5c2d456b-20~20160104.c2a892d7-10~20160408.ffea0a2c-20~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.1 |
0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2 |
edk2Ubuntu:18.04:LTS |
before 0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3, plus listed versions 0~20170911.5dfba97c-10~20171010.234dbcef-10~20171027.76fd5a66-10~20171205.a9212288-10~20180105.0bc94c74-1 Show 4 moreShow less0~20180205.c0d9813c-10~20180205.c0d9813c-20~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.10~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.2 |
0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3 |
edk2Ubuntu:20.04:LTS |
before 0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.1, plus listed versions 0~20190606.20d2e5a1-2ubuntu10~20190828.37eef910-30~20190828.37eef910-40~20191122.bd85bf54-10~20191122.bd85bf54-1ubuntu1 Show 4 moreShow less0~20191122.bd85bf54-20~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu10~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu20~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3 |
0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.1 |
ovmfopenSUSE:Leap 15.2 |
before 201911-lp152.6.8.1 | 201911-lp152.6.8.1 |
ovmfopenSUSE:Leap 15.1 |
before 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-lp151.11.12.1 | 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-lp151.11.12.1 |
shimopenSUSE:Leap 15.2 |
before 15.4-lp152.4.8.1 | 15.4-lp152.4.8.1 |
ovmfopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 202105-3.4 | 202105-3.4 |
shimopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 15.4-4.2 | 15.4-4.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-14584 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Tianocore Edk2, published December 31, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, the 25th percentile. Fixed in shim-unsigned-aarch64 15.8-3.
References
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1889486
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14584
github.com/advisories/GHSA-r5j3-cc22-8xx9
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-14584
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0035.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25939
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openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2022-1986
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openssl.org/news/secadv/20210216.txt
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access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-28210
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suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-5732
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suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12181
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3613
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3630
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-0160
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-0161
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14553
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14558
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14559
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14562
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14563
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14575
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14586
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14587