Summary:

A potential security vulnerability in multiple Intel® processors may allow escalation of privilege, denial of service, and/or information disclosure. Intel is releasing firmware updates to mitigate this potential vulnerability.

Vulnerability Details:

CVEID: CVE-2019-14607

Description: Improper conditions check in multiple Intel® Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable partial escalation of privilege, denial of service and/or information disclosure via local access.

CVSS Base Score: 5.3 Medium

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

Affected Products:

Datacenter Microprocessors

2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor

Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor

Intel® Xeon® D Processors

Intel® Xeon® W Processors

8th and 9th Generation Intel® Core™ i9

Client and Xeon E3 Microprocessors

Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v5 & v6 Family

Intel® Xeon® E Processor

6th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors

7th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors

8th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family

9th Generation Intel® Core™ Processors Family

10th Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family

Recommendations:

Intel recommends that users of Intel® Processors listed above update to the latest firmware version provided by the system manufacturer that addresses these issues.

Acknowledgements:

The following issue was found internally by Intel.

Intel, and nearly the entire technology industry, follows a disclosure practice called Coordinated Disclosure, under which a cybersecurity vulnerability is generally publicly disclosed only after mitigations are available.