{"id":"CVE-2018-12037","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-12037","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T02:04:53.555Z","title":"An issue was discovered on Samsung 840 EVO and 850 EVO devices (only in \"ATA high\" mode, not vulnerable in \"TCG\" or \"ATA max\" mode), Samsung T3 and T5 portable drives, and Crucial MX100, MX200 and MX300 devices.","description":"An issue was discovered on Samsung 840 EVO and 850 EVO devices (only in \"ATA high\" mode, not vulnerable in \"TCG\" or \"ATA max\" mode), Samsung T3 and T5 portable drives, and Crucial MX100, MX200 and MX300 devices. Absence of a cryptographic link between the password and the Disk Encryption Key allows attackers with privileged access to SSD firmware full access to encrypted data.","published":"2018-11-20T19:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:37:03.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["samsung/840 evo firmware","samsung/850 evo firmware","samsung/t3 firmware","samsung/t5 firmware","micron/crucial mx100 firmware","micron/crucial mx200 firmware","micron/crucial mx300 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00229,"percentile":0.13665,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105840","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV180028","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181112-0001/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105840","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV180028","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181112-0001/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12037","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}