CVE-2018-12201
Buffer overflow vulnerability in Platform Sample / Silicon Reference firmware for 8th Generation...
Buffer overflow vulnerability in Platform Sample / Silicon Reference firmware for 8th Generation Intel(R) Core Processor, 7th Generation Intel(R) Core Processor, Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver J5005 Processor, Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver N5000 Processor, Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4105 Processor, Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4005 Processor, Intel Celeron(R) N4100 Processor and Intel(R) Celeron N4000 Processor may allow privileged user to potentially execute arbitrary code via local access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Buffer overflow vulnerability in Platform Sample / Silicon Reference firmware for 8th Generation Intel(R) Core Processor, 7th Generation Intel(R) Core Processor, Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver J5005 Processor, Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver N5000 Processor, Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4105 Processor, Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4005 Processor, Intel Celeron(R) N4100 Processor and Intel(R) Celeron N4000 Processor may allow privileged user to potentially execute arbitrary code via local access.
- Record
CVE-2018-12201- CVSS 3.0
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 High
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Buffer overflow vulnerability in Platform Sample / Silicon Reference firmware for 8th Generation Intel(R) Core Processor, 7th Generation Intel(R) Core Processor, Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver J5005 Processor, Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver N5000 Processor, Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4105 Processor, Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4005 Processor, Intel Celeron(R) N4100 Processor and Intel(R) Celeron N4000 Processor may allow privileged user to potentially execute arbitrary code via local access.
- Record
CVE-2018-12201- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-4179 No score
Buffer overflow vulnerability in Platform Sample / Silicon Reference firmware for 8th Generation Intel(R) Core Processor, 7th Generation Intel(R) Core Processor, Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver J5005 Processor, Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver N5000 Processor, Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4105 Processor, Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4005 Processor, Intel Celeron(R) N4100 Processor and Intel(R) Celeron N4000 Processor may allow privileged user to potentially execute arbitrary code via local access.
- Record
EUVD-2018-4179- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hrvm-w5c3-w9jq
Buffer overflow vulnerability in Platform Sample / Silicon Reference firmware for 8th Generation...
Buffer overflow vulnerability in Platform Sample / Silicon Reference firmware for 8th Generation Intel(R) Core Processor, 7th Generation Intel(R) Core Processor, Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver J5005 Processor, Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver N5000 Processor, Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4105 Processor, Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4005 Processor, Intel Celeron(R) N4100 Processor and Intel(R) Celeron N4000 Processor may allow privileged user to potentially execute arbitrary code via local access.
- Record
GHSA-hrvm-w5c3-w9jq- CVSS 3.0
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2018-12201
Buffer overflow vulnerability in Platform Sample / Silicon Reference firmware for 8th Generation Intel(R) Core Processor, 7th Generation Intel(R) Core Processor, Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver J5005 Processor, Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver N5000 Processor, Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4105 Processor, Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4005 Processor, Intel Celeron(R) N4100 Processor and Intel(R) Celeron N4000 Processor may allow privileged user to potentially execute arbitrary code via local access.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12201- CVSS 3.0
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
intel-microcodeUbuntu:14.04:LTS |
before 3.20190514.0ubuntu0.14.04.1, plus listed versions 1.20130906.1ubuntu21.20130906.1ubuntu32.20140122.12.20140430.1ubuntu12.20140624-t-1ubuntu2 Show 6 moreShow less3.20180108.0~ubuntu14.04.23.20180108.0+really20170707ubuntu14.04.13.20180312.0~ubuntu14.04.13.20180425.1~ubuntu0.14.04.13.20180425.1~ubuntu0.14.04.23.20180807a.0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
3.20190514.0ubuntu0.14.04.1 |
intel-microcodeUbuntu:16.04:LTS |
before 3.20190514.0ubuntu0.16.04.1, plus listed versions 3.20150121.13.20151106.13.20170707.1~ubuntu16.04.03.20180108.0~ubuntu16.04.23.20180108.0+really20170707ubuntu16.04.1 Show 4 moreShow less3.20180312.0~ubuntu16.04.13.20180425.1~ubuntu0.16.04.13.20180425.1~ubuntu0.16.04.23.20180807a.0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
3.20190514.0ubuntu0.16.04.1 |
intel-microcodeUbuntu:18.04:LTS |
before 3.20190514.0ubuntu0.18.04.2, plus listed versions 3.20170707.13.20171117.13.20180108.13.20180108.1+really20171117.13.20180312.0~ubuntu18.04.13.20180425.1~ubuntu0.18.04.13.20180425.1~ubuntu0.18.04.23.20180807a.0ubuntu0.18.04.1 |
3.20190514.0ubuntu0.18.04.2 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2018-12201 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) in Intel Silicon Reference Firmware, published March 14, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.52%, the 44th percentile. Fixed in intel-microcode 3.20190514.0ubuntu0.14.04.1.
References
intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/INTEL-SA-00191.html
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190318-0002
support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03912en_us
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12201
github.com/advisories/GHSA-hrvm-w5c3-w9jq
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12201
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12201