CVE-2018-12183

edk2: stack overflow in DxeCore leads to privilege escalation

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.8

CVSS 3.0

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Published · March 29, 2019

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

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

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 6.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write