What is CVE-2018-12199?

CVE-2018-12199 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Converged Security Management Engine Firmware, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2019-03-14.

How severe is CVE-2018-12199?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Intel Converged Security Management Engine Firmware

CVE-2018-12199

Buffer overflow in an OS component in Intel CSME before versions 11.8.60, 11.11.60, 11.22.60 or 12.0.20 and Intel TXE version before 3.1.60 or 4.0.10 may allow a privileged user to potentially execute arbitrary code via physical access.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2019-03-14 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (42.4th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 42.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/INTEL-SA-00185.html (Vendor Advisory)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190318-0001/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12199?: CVE-2018-12199 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Converged Security Management Engine Firmware, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2019-03-14.
How severe is CVE-2018-12199?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.