Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL - CVE-2019-11165
Published: December 11, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU23537
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11165
CWE-ID: CWE-703
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper conditions check in the Linux kernel driver. A local user can cause a denial of service condition on the target system.
Affected software
Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL
How to mitigate CVE-2019-11165
Install updates from vendor's website.
Intel FPGA SDK for OpenCL - update to 19.4