Out-of-bounds write in TianoCore Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-787 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II) — FEDORA-2019-d47a9d4b8b
4 records Highest priority Priority LOW 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2018-08728 Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to…Priority LOW 34
- TI-2018-08731 Insufficient memory write check in SMM service for EDK II may allow an authenticated user…Priority LOW 30
- TI-2019-00140 Out-of-bounds write in TianoCore Extensible Firmware Interface Development KitPriority LOW 25
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Virtualization 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-12183
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9pwx-jwwh-vx6f
References
More TianoCore Edk Ii vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-00139 Buffer overflow in Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-08727 Memory corruption in TianoCore Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2018-08729 Out-of-bounds write in TianoCore Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2021-09442 BootPerformanceTable pointer is read from an NVRAM variable in PEI. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2018-08728 Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
- TI-2018-02649 Logic issue in variable service module for EDK II/UDK2018/UDK2017/UDK2015 may allow an… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2018-12183 · CVE Program
- CVE-2018-12183 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9pwx-jwwh-vx6f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2018-12183 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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