What is CVE-2018-12223?

CVE-2018-12223 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Graphics Driver, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2019-03-14.

How severe is CVE-2018-12223?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Intel Graphics Driver

CVE-2018-12223

Insufficient access control in User Mode Driver in Intel(R) Graphics Driver for Windows* before versions 10.18.x.5059 (aka 15.33.x.5059), 10.18.x.5057 (aka 15.36.x.5057), 20.19.x.5063 (aka 15.40.x.5063) 21.20.x.5064 (aka 15.45.x.5064) and 24.20.100.6373 potentially enables an unprivileged user to escape from a virtual machine guest-to-host via local access.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (19.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 20th percentile — 19.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Intel Graphics Driver — versions 15.33.43.4425, 15.33.45.4653, 15.33.46.4885
Intel Corporation Intel(r) Graphics Driver For Windows — versions Multiple versions.

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/INTEL-SA-00189.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-25084

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12223?: CVE-2018-12223 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Graphics Driver, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2019-03-14.
How severe is CVE-2018-12223?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.