CVE-2018-12183 Memory corruption in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)
A stack overflow in EDK II DxeCore allows local attackers to escalate privileges, disclose information, or cause denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-12183?
CVE-2018-12183 is a medium-severity memory corruption 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
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.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-12183?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tianocore Edk Ii.
How do I fix CVE-2018-12183?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2018-12183 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12183 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 DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12183, GHSA-9pwx-jwwh-vx6f, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12183.