CVE-2019-14239
On NXP Kinetis KV1x, Kinetis KV3x, and Kinetis K8x devices, Flash Access Controls (FAC) (a software IP protection method for execute-only access) can be defeated by leveraging a load instruction inside the execute-only region to expose the protected…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
On NXP Kinetis KV1x, Kinetis KV3x, and Kinetis K8x devices, Flash Access Controls (FAC) (a software IP protection method for execute-only access) can be defeated by leveraging a load instruction inside the execute-only region to expose the protected code into a CPU register.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.6 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 34th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- nxp/kinetis kv1x firmware · nxp/kinetis kv3x firmware · nxp/kinetis k8x firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.4% 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
- https://www.usenix.org/conference/woot19/presentation/schinkExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.usenix.org/system/files/woot19-paper_schink.pdfExploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.usenix.org/conference/woot19/presentation/schinkExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.usenix.org/system/files/woot19-paper_schink.pdfExploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.