What is CVE-2018-12037?

CVE-2018-12037 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Micron Crucial Mx100. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2018-11-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-12037?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-12037 known to be exploited?

3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Micron Crucial Mx100

CVE-2018-12037

An issue was discovered on Samsung 840 EVO and 850 EVO devices (only in "ATA high" mode, not vulnerable in "TCG" or "ATA max" mode), Samsung T3 and T5 portable drives, and Crucial MX100, MX200 and MX300 devices. Absence of a cryptographic link between the password and the Disk Encryption Key allows attackers with privileged access to SSD firmware full access to encrypted data.

EPSS: 0.002 (13.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12037?: CVE-2018-12037 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Micron Crucial Mx100. CVSS score: 4.0/10. Published 2018-11-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-12037?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-12037 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.