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CVE-2018-12183

MEDIUM

6.8

CVSS v3

Description

Stack overflow in DxeCore for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

How to fix

Remediation Available

edk2Debian

Fixed in:0~20181115.85588389-1CVE-2018-12183

Fixed in:0~20181115.85588389-1CVE-2018-12183

Fixed in:0~20181115.85588389-1CVE-2018-12183

Fixed in:0~20181115.85588389-1CVE-2018-12183

edk2Ubuntu

Fixed in:0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm1USN-6920-1

Fixed in:0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm1USN-6920-1

ovmfUbuntu

Fixed in:0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm1USN-6920-1

Fixed in:0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm1USN-6920-1

qemu-efiUbuntu

Fixed in:0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm1USN-6920-1

Fixed in:0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm1USN-6920-1

qemu-efi-aarch64Ubuntu

Fixed in:0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm1USN-6920-1

qemu-efi-armUbuntu

Fixed in:0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm1USN-6920-1

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 VectorPhysical

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.50%probability of exploitation in 30 days

39thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 39% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

edk2-docs.gitbooks.io

Other references3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2025-22457	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2025-0282	Critical	9.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2015-3113	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-20038	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
CVE-2023-4863	High	8.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2020-16040	Medium	6.5	100%	-	Fix

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