What is CVE-2018-12038?

CVE-2018-12038 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung 840 Evo, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2018-11-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-12038?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-12038 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Samsung 840 Evo

CVE-2018-12038

An issue was discovered on Samsung 840 EVO devices. Vendor-specific commands may allow access to the disk-encryption key.

EPSS: 0.006 (46.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12038?: CVE-2018-12038 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samsung 840 Evo, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2018-11-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-12038?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-12038 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.