What is CVE-2018-12202?

CVE-2018-12202 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Core I3. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-03-14.

How severe is CVE-2018-12202?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Intel Core I3

CVE-2018-12202

Privilege escalation vulnerability in Platform Sample/ Silicon Reference firmware for 8th Generation Intel(R) Core Processor, 7th Generation Intel(R) Core Processor may allow privileged user to potentially leverage existing features via local access.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (32.8th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 32.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

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

Affected products

Intel Core I3 — versions 8100, 8100h, 8100t
Intel Core I5 — versions 8200y, 8250u, 8259u
Intel Core I7 — versions 8086k, 8500y, 8550u
Intel Platform Sample Firmware
Intel Silicon Reference Firmware
Intel Corporation Platform Sample / Silicon Reference Firmware — versions Multiple versions.

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12202?: CVE-2018-12202 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Core I3. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-03-14.
How severe is CVE-2018-12202?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.