Resource leak in i40e driver for Intel(R) Ethernet 700 Series Controllers versions before 2.8.43 may allow an authenticated user to potentia
Resource leak in i40e driver for Intel(R) Ethernet 700 Series Controllers versions before 2.8.43 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable a denial of service via local access.
- Published
- Nov 14, 2019
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.3% · 20th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-772
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Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.3%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| intel | ethernet controller x710-tm4 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:ethernet_controller_x710-tm4_firmware |
| intel | ethernet controller x710-tm4 | cpe:2.3:h:intel:ethernet_controller_x710-tm4 |
| intel | ethernet controller x710-at2 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:ethernet_controller_x710-at2_firmware |
| intel | ethernet controller x710-at2 | cpe:2.3:h:intel:ethernet_controller_x710-at2 |
| intel | ethernet controller xxv710-am2 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:ethernet_controller_xxv710-am2_firmware |
| intel | ethernet controller xxv710-am2 | cpe:2.3:h:intel:ethernet_controller_xxv710-am2 |
| intel | ethernet controller xxv710-am1 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:ethernet_controller_xxv710-am1_firmware |
| intel | ethernet controller xxv710-am1 | cpe:2.3:h:intel:ethernet_controller_xxv710-am1 |
| intel | ethernet controller x710-bm2 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:ethernet_controller_x710-bm2_firmware |
| intel | ethernet controller x710-bm2 | cpe:2.3:h:intel:ethernet_controller_x710-bm2 |
| intel | ethernet controller 710-bm1 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:intel:ethernet_controller_710-bm1_firmware |
| intel | ethernet controller 710-bm1 | cpe:2.3:h:intel:ethernet_controller_710-bm1 |
and 1 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- intel ethernet 700 series softwarebefore 24.0
- intel ethernet controller 710-bm1 firmwarebefore 2.8.43
- intel ethernet controller x710-at2 firmwarebefore 2.8.43
- intel ethernet controller x710-bm2 firmwarebefore 2.8.43
- intel ethernet controller x710-tm4 firmwarebefore 2.8.43
- intel ethernet controller xxv710-am1 firmwarebefore 2.8.43
- intel ethernet controller xxv710-am2 firmwarebefore 2.8.43
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (intel). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
n/a 2019.2 IPU – Intel(R) Ethernet 700 Series Controllers
- See provided referenceaffected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | before 5.2.6-1 | 5.2.6-1 |
Same product
intel: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2019-0140Buffer overflow in firmware for Intel(R) Ethernet 700 Series Controllers before version 7.0 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially35Monitor
- CVE-2019-0142Insufficient access control in ilp60x64.sys driver for Intel(R) Ethernet 700 Series Controllers before version 1.33.0.0 may allow a privileg32Monitor
- CVE-2019-0145Buffer overflow in i40e driver for Intel(R) Ethernet 700 Series Controllers versions before 7.0 may allow an authenticated user to potential31Monitor
- CVE-2019-0144Unhandled exception in firmware for Intel(R) Ethernet 700 Series Controllers before version 7.0 may allow an authenticated user to potential26Monitor
- CVE-2019-0139Insufficient access control in firmware for Intel(R) Ethernet 700 Series Controllers before version 7.0 may allow a privileged user to poten26Monitor
- CVE-2019-0149Insufficient input validation in i40e driver for Intel(R) Ethernet 700 Series Controllers versions before 2.8.43 may allow an authenticated 22Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:linux | 5.2.6-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
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Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective LifetimeCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.