VDB-132489 · CVE-2018-12183 · BID 107643

EDK II DxeCore memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in EDK II. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component DxeCore. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2018-12183. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in EDK II (version unknown). This affects an unknown function of the component DxeCore. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The bug was discovered 05/09/2019. The weakness was shared 03/27/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at edk2-docs.gitbooks.io. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-12183 since 06/11/2018. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

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

The entries VDB-132488, VDB-132487, VDB-132486 and VDB-132485 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: Yes
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

06/11/2018 🔍
03/27/2019 +289 days 🔍
03/28/2019 +1 days 🔍
05/09/2019 +42 days 🔍
08/08/2023 +1552 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: FEDORA-2019-d47a9d4b8b
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2018-12183 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-12183
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-132489
SecurityFocus: 107643

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/28/2019 11:34
Updated: 08/08/2023 18:37
Changes: 03/28/2019 11:34 (54), 05/22/2020 08:03 (2), 08/08/2023 18:37 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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