Is CVE-2018-12178 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-12178 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-12178?

CVE-2018-12178 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-12178?

CVE-2018-12178 has an EPSS score of 2.27% (81th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2018-12178?

Upgrade edk2 on debian 11 to 0~20181115.85588389-3 or later. Fixes are available for 6 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-12178

CRITICALEPSS 81th pctl

9.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in network stack for EDK II may allow unprivileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via network.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

edk2Debian

Fixed in:0~20181115.85588389-3CVE-2018-12178

edk2Ubuntu

Fixed in:0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.1USN-4349-1

Fixed in:0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.2USN-4349-1

ovmfUbuntu

Fixed in:0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.1USN-4349-1

Fixed in:0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.2USN-4349-1

qemu-efiUbuntu

Fixed in:0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.1USN-4349-1

qemu-efi-aarch64Ubuntu

Fixed in:0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.2USN-4349-1

qemu-efi-armUbuntu

Fixed in:0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.2USN-4349-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

2.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days

81stpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 81% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

edk2-docs.gitbooks.io

Other references4

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-119 (Buffer Overflow) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2017-11882	High	7.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2008-4250	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2017-15944	Critical	9.8	98%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-0014	High	10.0	97%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.