CVE-2018-12167 Denial of service in Intel(R) Optane(TM) SSD DC P4800X

Medium 4.4 Published Updated

A privileged local user can cause a denial of service in Intel Optane SSDs via a flaw in the bootloader firmware update routine.

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-2018-12167?

CVE-2018-12167 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

Firmware update routine in bootloader 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-2018-12167?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Intel Optane Ssd Dc P4800x Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2018-12167?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-12167 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-2018-12167 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12167 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-jpwq-c2vh-6pj7.

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