{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12179 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2018-12179 is a high-severity vulnerability in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II), published on 27 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2018-12179 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2018-12179 is a high-severity vulnerability in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II), published on 27 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12179 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II). No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12179/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12179/index.md)","id":"CVE-2018-12179","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12179/index.md","name":"CVE-2018-12179","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12179","GHSA-q4p4-w8wc-6x23"],"analysis":{"component_type":"hardware_firmware","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","data_read","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"EDK II firmware","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Unauthenticated local attackers can exploit improper EDK II firmware configuration to escalate privileges, disclose information, or cause denial of service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"intel","cpe":[{"product":"edk_ii","vendor":"tianocore"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[],"description":"Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)","id":"CVE-2018-12179","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2018"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Memory corruption in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)","id":"CVE-2018-12180"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Memory corruption in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)","id":"CVE-2018-12178"},"products":["Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)"],"published":"2019-03-27","related":[{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"Memory corruption in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)","id":"CVE-2018-12178","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-03-27"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in EDK II","id":"CVE-2021-28216","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-08-05"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)","id":"CVE-2018-3613","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-03-27"},{"cvss_score":6.8,"headline":"Other in Tianocore","id":"CVE-2019-11098","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-07-14"},{"cvss_score":6.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)","id":"CVE-2018-12183","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-03-27"},{"cvss_score":6.7,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)","id":"CVE-2018-12182","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-03-27"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-05","vendors":["Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated local attackers can exploit improper EDK II firmware configuration to escalate privileges, disclose information, or cause denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-12179/"}