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CVE-2019-11098

Insufficient input validation in MdeModulePkg in EDKII may allow an unauthenticated user to...

6.8 MediumFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Physical
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.34%Down 0.2 points since Jul 15, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 6.8

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.

Record
CVE-2019-11098
CVSS 3.1
6.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
4.6 MediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2019-11098
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-2802 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2019-2802
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-6g82-r87x-h953 No score

Insufficient input validation in MdeModulePkg in EDKII may allow an unauthenticated user to...

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.

Record
GHSA-6g82-r87x-h953
Weakness
CWE-20
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 6.8

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.

Record
CVE-2019-11098
CVSS 3.1
6.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2019-11098 6.8

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2019-11098
CVSS 3.1
6.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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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 HighCVSS: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 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVOESA-2022-1988 6.8

edk2 security update

Security Fix(es):

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-2022-1988
CVSS 3.1
6.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2019-11098 6.8

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2019-11098
CVSS 3.1
6.8 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2023:0004-1 No score

Security update for ovmf

This update for ovmf fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-11098: Fixed insufficient input validation in MdeModulePkg (bsc#1188371).
Record
SUSE-SU-2023:0004-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2023:0036-1 No score

Security update for ovmf

This update for ovmf fixes the following issues:

  • CVE-2019-11098: Fixed insufficient input validation in MdeModulePkg (bsc#1188371).
Record
SUSE-SU-2023:0036-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-5088-1 No score

edk2 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled input validation in MdeModulePkg. A local user could possibly use this issue to cause EDK II to crash, resulting in a denial of service, obtain sensitive information or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-11098)

Paul Kehrer discovered that OpenSSL used in EDK II incorrectly handled certain input lengths in EVP functions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause EDK II to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-23840)

Ingo Schwarze discovered that OpenSSL used in EDK II incorrectly handled certain ASN.1 strings. An attacker could use this issue to cause EDK II to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2021-3712)

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. (CVE-2021-38575)

Record
USN-5088-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
edk2
Debian:12
before 2020.11-5
2020.11-5
edk2
Debian:13
before 2020.11-5
2020.11-5
edk2
Debian:14
before 2020.11-5
2020.11-5
edk2
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP1
before 202002-10.oe1
202002-10.oe1
edk2
openEuler:20.03-LTS-SP3
before 202002-10.oe1
202002-10.oe1
edk2
openEuler:22.03-LTS
before 202011-6.oe2203
202011-6.oe2203
ovmf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS
before 201911-150200.7.24.1
201911-150200.7.24.1
ovmf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS
before 201911-150200.7.24.1
201911-150200.7.24.1
ovmf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2
before 201911-150200.7.24.1
201911-150200.7.24.1
ovmf
SUSE:Manager Proxy 4.1
before 201911-150200.7.24.1
201911-150200.7.24.1
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
ovmf
SUSE:Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1
before 201911-150200.7.24.1
201911-150200.7.24.1
ovmf
SUSE:Manager Server 4.1
before 201911-150200.7.24.1
201911-150200.7.24.1
ovmf
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7
before 201911-150200.7.24.1
201911-150200.7.24.1
ovmf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS
before 202008-150300.10.17.1
202008-150300.10.17.1
ovmf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS
before 202008-150300.10.17.1
202008-150300.10.17.1
ovmf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3
before 202008-150300.10.17.1
202008-150300.10.17.1
ovmf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS
before 202008-150300.10.17.1
202008-150300.10.17.1
ovmf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3
before 202008-150300.10.17.1
202008-150300.10.17.1
ovmf
SUSE:Manager Proxy 4.2
before 202008-150300.10.17.1
202008-150300.10.17.1
ovmf
SUSE:Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2
before 202008-150300.10.17.1
202008-150300.10.17.1
ovmf
SUSE:Manager Server 4.2
before 202008-150300.10.17.1
202008-150300.10.17.1
ovmf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1
before 202008-150300.10.17.1
202008-150300.10.17.1
ovmf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2
before 202008-150300.10.17.1
202008-150300.10.17.1
ovmf
SUSE:Enterprise Storage 7.1
before 202008-150300.10.17.1
202008-150300.10.17.1
ovmf
openSUSE:Leap Micro 5.2
before 202008-150300.10.17.1
202008-150300.10.17.1
edk2
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
All versions, 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+esm10~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm30~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm4
None known
edk2
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
All versions, 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+esm10~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm20~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm3
None known
edk2
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
before 0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.3, 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.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.2
0~20191122.bd85bf54-2ubuntu3.3

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-2019-11098 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Tianocore Edk Ii, published July 14, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 28th percentile. Fixed in edk2 2020.11-5.

References

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