CVE-2018-12182 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Insufficient memory write check in SMM service for EDK II may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00096.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Tianocore	Edk Ii

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:tianocore:edk_ii:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-4160	Insufficient memory write check in SMM service for EDK II may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.
Ubuntu USN	USN-6920-1	EDK II vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107648
https://edk2-docs.gitbooks.io/security-advisory/content/sw-smi-confused-deputy-smramsavestate_c.html
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TQYVZRFEXSN3KS43AVH4D7QX553EZQYP/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12182
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03912en_us
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12182

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00097}`	epss `{'score': 0.00132}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: intel

Published: 2019-03-27T19:18:40

Updated: 2024-08-05T08:30:59.301Z

Reserved: 2018-06-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-12182

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-03-27T20:29:03.537

Modified: 2024-11-21T03:44:42.827

Link: CVE-2018-12182

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2019-03-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-12182 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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