CVE-2019-14553

edk2: invalid server certificate accepted in HTTPS-over-IPv6 boot

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · September 25, 2019

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

Improper authentication in EDK II may allow a privileged user to potentially enable information disclosure via network access.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of edk2/ovmf as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, and 8 as they did not include support for HTTP boot nor TLS. Compile time options HTTP_BOOT_ENABLE and TLS_ENABLE are both disabled in the shipped packages.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-295 · Improper Certificate Validation