CVE-2018-12188
Insufficient input validation in Intel CSME before versions 11.8.60, 11.11.60, 11.22.60 or 12.0...
Insufficient input validation in Intel CSME before versions 11.8.60, 11.11.60, 11.22.60 or 12.0.20 or Intel TXE before version 3.1.60 or 4.0.10 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially modify data via physical access.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Insufficient input validation in Intel CSME before versions 11.8.60, 11.11.60, 11.22.60 or 12.0.20 or Intel TXE before version 3.1.60 or 4.0.10 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially modify data via physical access.
- Record
CVE-2018-12188- CVSS 3.0
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Insufficient input validation in Intel CSME before versions 11.8.60, 11.11.60, 11.22.60 or 12.0.20 or Intel TXE before version 3.1.60 or 4.0.10 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially modify data via physical access.
- Record
CVE-2018-12188- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2018-4166 No score
Insufficient input validation in Intel CSME before versions 11.8.60, 11.11.60, 11.22.60 or 12.0.20 or Intel TXE before version 3.1.60 or 4.0.10 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially modify data via physical access.
- Record
EUVD-2018-4166- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cc46-26cj-qm5f
Insufficient input validation in Intel CSME before versions 11.8.60, 11.11.60, 11.22.60 or 12.0...
Insufficient input validation in Intel CSME before versions 11.8.60, 11.11.60, 11.22.60 or 12.0.20 or Intel TXE before version 3.1.60 or 4.0.10 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially modify data via physical access.
- Record
GHSA-cc46-26cj-qm5f- CVSS 3.0
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- 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-2018-12188 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Intel Converged Security Management Engine Firmware, published March 14, 2019. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 27th percentile. No source names a fixed version.