What is CVE-2018-3700?

CVE-2018-3700 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Usb 3.0 Extensible Host Controller Driver, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-02-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-3700?

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

RCE in Intel Usb 3.0 Extensible Host Controller Driver

CVE-2018-3700

Code injection vulnerability in the installer for Intel(R) USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Driver for Microsoft Windows 7 before version 5.0.4.43v2 may allow a user to potentially enable escalation of privilege via local access.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published 2019-02-18 · 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: 0.005 (41.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 41.4% 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-94 — Code Injection

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/107073 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/INTEL-SA-00200.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-3700?: CVE-2018-3700 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Usb 3.0 Extensible Host Controller Driver, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2019-02-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-3700?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.