4.9

CVE-2019-14553: tianocore edk2 Improper Authentication

CVSS: 4.9v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2019-14553DEBIAN-CVE-2019-14553
Published 23-11-2020Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2019-14553 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) Improper Authentication vulnerability in tianocore edk2. EPSS estimates a 1.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.9/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.36%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 4

Timeline

  1. 23-11-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Improper authentication in EDK II may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via network access.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

71%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.36% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.36%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • edk2< 0~20190828.37eef910-4
Tianocore1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • edk2All versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 3 products

References

4 links