CVE-2018-3632 Memory corruption in Intel Active Management Technology

Medium 6.7 Published Updated

A local administrator can trigger memory corruption in Intel AMT firmware, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution.

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-2018-3632?

CVE-2018-3632 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Intel Active Management Technology Firmware, published on 10 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Memory corruption in Intel Active Management Technology in Intel Converged Security Manageability Engine Firmware 6.x / 7.x / 8.x / 9.x / 10.x / 11.0 / 11.5 / 11.6 / 11.7 / 11.10 / 11.20 could be triggered by an attacker with local administrator permission on the system.

Weakness: CWE-787

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-3632?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Intel Active Management Technology Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2018-3632?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-3632 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2018-3632 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-3632 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Intel Active Management Technology Firmware vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-548h-h67q-4q36.

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