What is CVE-2018-12183?

CVE-2018-12183 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (Edk Ii), classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2019-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2018-12183?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

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

CVE-2018-12183

Stack overflow in DxeCore for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.005 (39.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (Edk Ii) — versions N/A
Tianocore Edk_ii

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

secure@intel.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
secure@intel.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secure@intel.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
secure@intel.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12183?: CVE-2018-12183 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (Edk Ii), classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2019-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2018-12183?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.