What is CVE-2018-12330?

CVE-2018-12330 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ecos Secure Boot Stick. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-06-17.

How severe is CVE-2018-12330?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ecos Secure Boot Stick

CVE-2018-12330

Protection Mechanism Failure in ECOS Secure Boot Stick (aka SBS) 5.6.5 allows an attacker to compromise authentication and encryption keys via compromised firmware.

Published 2018-06-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 55.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ecos Secure Boot Stick
Ecos Secure Boot Stick Firmware — versions 5.6.5

References

telematik.prakinf.tu-ilmenau.de/ecos-sbs/advisory.html (Third Party Advisory, Mitigation)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12330?: CVE-2018-12330 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ecos Secure Boot Stick. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-06-17.
How severe is CVE-2018-12330?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.