Buffer overflow in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (Edk Ii)

CVE-2018-12181

Stack overflow in corrupted bmp for EDK II may allow unprivileged user to potentially enable denial of service or elevation of privilege via local access.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (34.3th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 34.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-12181: held from 0.004 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12181?
CVE-2018-12181 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (Edk Ii), classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2019-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-12181?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.