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CVE-2018-12179

Publication date 27 March 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
edk2 19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes


debian

OpalPassword code is not enabled in Debian images


mdeslaur

OpenPasswordSmm.c is not built on Ubuntu

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
edk2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H