CVE-2018-12182 Privilege escalation in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)
An authenticated local attacker can exploit insufficient memory checks in EDK II SMM to escalate privileges, disclose information, or cause denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-12182?
CVE-2018-12182 is a medium-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.
Official description
Insufficient memory write check in SMM service for EDK II may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.
Weakness: CWE-441
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-12182?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tianocore Edk Ii.
How do I fix CVE-2018-12182?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2018-12182 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12182 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)
- CVE-2018-12178 Memory corruption in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)
- CVE-2021-28216 Memory corruption in EDK II
- CVE-2018-12179 Privilege escalation in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)
- CVE-2018-3613 Privilege escalation in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)
- CVE-2019-11098 Other in Tianocore
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rq43-vgrv-48m9, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12182.