CVE-2018-12180

Description

Buffer overflow in BlockIo service for EDK II may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via network access.

Category

8.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.22% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gitbooks.io
Affected: Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II) Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://edk2-docs.gitbooks.io/security-advisory/content/buffer-overflow-in-blockio-service-for-ram-disk.html patch vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00046.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ABTDKZK2G5XP6JCO3HXMPOA2NRTIYDZ/ vendor advisory
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03912en_us
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0809 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0968 vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1116 vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4349-1/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-12180?
CVE-2018-12180 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-12180?
To fix CVE-2018-12180, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2018-12180 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2018-12180 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2018-12180?
CVE-2018-12180 affects Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II) Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II).
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