CVE-2018-12182

edk2: insufficient memory write in SMM service leads to privilege escalation

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.0

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Published · March 28, 2019

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write