{"id":"CVE-2018-12179","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-12179","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:43:58.443Z","title":"Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.","description":"Improper configuration in system firmware for EDK II may allow unauthenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.","published":"2019-03-27T20:29:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:37:16.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@intel.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["tianocore/edk ii"],"epss":{"score":0.00416,"percentile":0.35732,"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":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.42%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://edk2-docs.gitbooks.io/security-advisory/content/opal-blocksid-setting-disabled-after-s3.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secure@intel.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TQYVZRFEXSN3KS43AVH4D7QX553EZQYP/","source":"secure@intel.com"},{"url":"https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03912en_us","source":"secure@intel.com"},{"url":"https://edk2-docs.gitbooks.io/security-advisory/content/opal-blocksid-setting-disabled-after-s3.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TQYVZRFEXSN3KS43AVH4D7QX553EZQYP/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03912en_us","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-12179","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."}