CVE-2019-0152· NVD / CVE Program· CNA intel

Insufficient memory protection in System Management Mode (SMM) and Intel(R) TXT for certain Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may allow a privileg

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 26/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.38% (FIRST EPSS).
Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.

Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Insufficient memory protection in System Management Mode (SMM) and Intel(R) TXT for certain Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

MediumCVSS 6.7 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

BDU:2019-04532

Published: Nov 14, 2019
Updated: Jun 16, 2026
EPSS: 0.3% · 31th percentile
CWE: CWE-119

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Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 26 / 40 · 6.7 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.3%

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Vendor	Product	CPE
intel	xeon platinum 8253 firmware	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_8253_firmware
intel	xeon platinum 8253	cpe:2.3:h:intel:xeon_platinum_8253
intel	xeon platinum 8256 firmware	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_8256_firmware
intel	xeon platinum 8256	cpe:2.3:h:intel:xeon_platinum_8256
intel	xeon platinum 8260 firmware	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_8260_firmware
intel	xeon platinum 8260	cpe:2.3:h:intel:xeon_platinum_8260
intel	xeon platinum 8276 firmware	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_8276_firmware
intel	xeon platinum 8276	cpe:2.3:h:intel:xeon_platinum_8276
intel	xeon platinum 8276m firmware	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_8276m_firmware
intel	xeon platinum 8276m	cpe:2.3:h:intel:xeon_platinum_8276m
intel	xeon platinum 8276l firmware	cpe:2.3:o:intel:xeon_platinum_8276l_firmware
intel	xeon platinum 8276l	cpe:2.3:h:intel:xeon_platinum_8276l

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

intel xeon bronze 3104 firmwareall versions
intel xeon bronze 3106 firmwareall versions
intel xeon bronze 3204 firmwareall versions
intel xeon d-2123it firmwareall versions
intel xeon d-2141i firmwareall versions
intel xeon d-2142it firmwareall versions
intel xeon d-2143it firmwareall versions
intel xeon d-2145nt firmwareall versions
intel xeon d-2146nt firmwareall versions
intel xeon d-2161i firmwareall versions
intel xeon d-2163it firmwareall versions
intel xeon d-2166nt firmwareall versions
intel xeon d-2173it firmwareall versions
intel xeon d-2177nt firmwareall versions
intel xeon d-2183it firmwareall versions
intel xeon d-2187nt firmwareall versions
intel xeon gold 5115 firmwareall versions
intel xeon gold 5118 firmwareall versions
intel xeon gold 5120 firmwareall versions
intel xeon gold 5120t firmwareall versions

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) Processor Security
- See provided referenceaffected

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Which version to upgrade to

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Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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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

Intel® Vulnerability Disclosure Program Intigriti · disclosure only (VDP)

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
Administrator privileges are required.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-119 · Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Attack patterns (CAPEC)

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-398519.pdf

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