CVE-2018-12151
Buffer overflow in installer for Intel Extreme Tuning Utility before 6.4.1.21 may allow an...
Buffer overflow in installer for Intel Extreme Tuning Utility before 6.4.1.21 may allow an authenticated user to potentially cause a buffer overflow potentially leading to a denial of service via local access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Buffer overflow in installer for Intel Extreme Tuning Utility before 6.4.1.21 may allow an authenticated user to potentially cause a buffer overflow potentially leading to a denial of service via local access.
- Record
CVE-2018-12151- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Buffer overflow in installer for Intel Extreme Tuning Utility before 6.4.1.21 may allow an authenticated user to potentially cause a buffer overflow potentially leading to a denial of service via local access.
- Record
CVE-2018-12151- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-4129 No score
Buffer overflow in installer for Intel Extreme Tuning Utility before 6.4.1.21 may allow an authenticated user to potentially cause a buffer overflow potentially leading to a denial of service via local access.
- Record
EUVD-2018-4129- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-69v3-4wj9-chvp
Buffer overflow in installer for Intel Extreme Tuning Utility before 6.4.1.21 may allow an...
Buffer overflow in installer for Intel Extreme Tuning Utility before 6.4.1.21 may allow an authenticated user to potentially cause a buffer overflow potentially leading to a denial of service via local access.
- Record
GHSA-69v3-4wj9-chvp- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-12151 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Intel Extreme Tuning Utility, published September 12, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.28%, the 20th percentile. No source names a fixed version.