9.1
CRITICAL
CVE-2018-12178
EDK II Network Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Buffer overflow in network stack for EDK II may allow unprivileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via network.

INFO

Published Date :

March 27, 2019, 8:29 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:52 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.2

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2018-12178 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Tianocore edk_ii

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2018-12178 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2018-12178 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Intel Corporation https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ABTDKZK2G5XP6JCO3HXMPOA2NRTIYDZ/ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Intel Corporation https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4ABTDKZK2G5XP6JCO3HXMPOA2NRTIYDZ/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 07, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/4349-1/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 11, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03912en_us [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 03, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/4ABTDKZK2G5XP6JCO3HXMPOA2NRTIYDZ/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 30, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00046.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 28, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://edk2-docs.gitbooks.io/security-advisory/content/dns-pack-size-check.html No Types Assigned https://edk2-docs.gitbooks.io/security-advisory/content/dns-pack-size-check.html Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:tianocore:edk_ii:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.38 }} 0.04%

score

0.72506

percentile

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