CVE-2019-11085
Insufficient input validation in Kernel Mode Driver in Intel(R) i915 Graphics for Linux before version 5.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Insufficient input validation in Kernel Mode Driver in Intel(R) i915 Graphics for Linux before version 5.0 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.47% probability · 41th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- intel/i915 firmware
- Source
- secure@intel.com
EPSS 0.5% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00071.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00048.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108488
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1873
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1891
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1959
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1971
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0543
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0592
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0609
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K09376613Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4068-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4068-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/INTEL-SA-00249.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00071.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00048.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108488
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1873
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1891
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1959
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1971
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0543
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0592
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0609
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K09376613Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4068-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4068-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/
- https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/INTEL-SA-00249.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.