CVE-2018-12166 Denial of service in Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD DC P4800X
A privileged local user can cause a denial of service on Intel Optane SSDs due to insufficient firmware write protection.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-12166?
CVE-2018-12166 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD DC P4800X, published on 10 Jan 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Insufficient write protection in firmware for Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD DC P4800X before version E2010435 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable a denial of service via local access.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-12166?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Intel Optane Ssd Dc P4800x Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2018-12166?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-12166 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-12166 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12166 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-5736-37g9-53rq.