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medium 5.5

CVE-2019-0161 json

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

published 2019-03-27 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-0968

cvss
5.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • edk2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0~20180803.dd4cae4d-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-0161

  • edk2 Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm3
  • edk2 Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-0161

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  • edk2 RHEL 8 20190308git89910a39dcfd-6.el8
  • edk2-ovmf RHEL 8 20190308git89910a39dcfd-6.el8
  • edk2-aarch64 RHEL 8 20190308git89910a39dcfd-6.el8
  • ovmf RHEL 7 20180508-6.gitee3198e672e2.el7
  • OVMF RHEL 7 20180508-6.gitee3198e672e2.el7
  • imgbased RHEL 7 1.1.9-0.1.el7ev
  • ovirt-node-ng RHEL 7 4.3.5-0.20190717.0.el7ev
  • python-imgbased RHEL 7 1.1.9-0.1.el7ev

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:3338RHSA-2019:2125RHSA-2019:2437

  • ovmf SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP3 2017+git1492060560.b6d11d7c46-4.26.1
  • ovmf SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP4, SLED 12 SP4 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-3.16.1
  • ovmf SLE Module for Server Applications 15 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-5.22.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:1204-1SUSE-SU-2019:1157-1SUSE-SU-2019:1110-1

  • ovmf openSUSE Tumbleweed 202105-3.4
  • ovmf openSUSE Leap 15.0 2017+git1510945757.b2662641d5-lp150.4.19.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11134-1openSUSE-SU-2019:1352-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-0161 updated cvss 5.9

edk2: stack overflow in XHCI causing denial of service

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) edk2 20190308git89910a39dcfd-6.el8, edk2-ovmf 20190308git89910a39dcfd-6.el8, edk2-aarch64 20190308git89910a39dcfd-6.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3338
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) ovmf 20180508-6.gitee3198e672e2.el7, OVMF 20180508-6.gitee3198e672e2.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2125
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 7 redhat-virtualization-host 4.3.5-20190722.0.el7_7, redhat-virtualization-host-image-update 4.3.5-20190722.0.el7_7 Red Hat RHEL 7-based RHEV-H for RHEV 4 (build requirements) imgbased 1.1.9-0.1.el7ev, python-imgbased 1.1.9-0.1.el7ev, ovirt-node-ng 4.3.5-0.20190717.0.el7ev, ovirt-node-ng-nodectl 4.3.5-0.20190717.0.el7ev, redhat-release-virtualization-host 4.3.5-2.el7ev, python2-ovirt-node-ng-nodectl 4.3.5-0.20190717.0.el7ev, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2437

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Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II) Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.