CVE-2018-12189 Other in Intel(R) CSME, Server Platform Services, Trusted Execution Engine and Intel(R) Active Management Technology

What is CVE-2018-12189?

CVE-2018-12189 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel(R) CSME, Server Platform Services, Trusted Execution Engine and Intel(R) Active Management Technology, published on 14 Mar 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unhandled exception in Content Protection subsystem in Intel CSME before versions 11.8.60, 11.11.60, 11.22.60 or 12.0.20 or Intel TXE before 3.1.60 or 4.0.10 may allow privileged user to potentially modify data via local access.

Weakness: CWE-754

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-12189?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Intel Converged Security Management Engine Firmware, Intel Trusted Execution Engine Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2018-12189?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-12189 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-12189 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12189 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Intel(R) CSME, Server Platform Services, Trusted Execution Engine and Intel(R) Active Management Technology

• CVE-2019-0153 Memory corruption in Intel(R) Converged Security & Management Engine (CSME) Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-0169 Memory corruption in Intel(R) TXE High 8.8
• CVE-2022-36392 Denial of service in Intel(R) AMT and Intel(R) Standard Manageability in Intel (R) CSME High 8.6
• CVE-2018-3643 Information disclosure in Intel(R) Converged Security and Management Engine (CSME) and Intel(R) Server Platform Services firmware High 8.2
• CVE-2018-3627 Privilege escalation in Intel Converged Security Management Engine (Intel CSME) High 8.2

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-r7wq-qq39-ch45.