What is CVE-2018-12334?

CVE-2018-12334 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ecos Secure Boot Stick. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-17.

How severe is CVE-2018-12334?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ecos Secure Boot Stick

CVE-2018-12334

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

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · 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-2018-12334?: CVE-2018-12334 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ecos Secure Boot Stick. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-17.
How severe is CVE-2018-12334?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.