Impact: Moderate Public Date: 2019-03-28 CWE: CWE-119->CWE-284 Bugzilla: 1694081: CVE-2018-12182 edk2: insufficient memory write in SMM service leads to privilege escalation 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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2018-12182 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.3 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Local |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 | ovmf | Under investigation |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ovmf | Under investigation |
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