EDK II Network Stack memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in EDK II. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Network Stack. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-12178. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in EDK II (affected version not known) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Network Stack. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was shared 03/27/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at edk2-docs.gitbooks.io. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-12178 since 06/11/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 172148 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for ovmf (SUSE-SU-2019:0581-1)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entry VDB-132486 is related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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06/11/2018 🔍
03/27/2019 +289 days 🔍
03/28/2019 +1 days 🔍
08/08/2023 +1594 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: USN-4349-1
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-12178 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-12178
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-132484
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/28/2019 11:32
Updated: 08/08/2023 17:59
Changes: 03/28/2019 11:32 (55), 05/22/2020 07:01 (1), 08/08/2023 17:59 (3)
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