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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-12189

Unhandled exception in Content Protection subsystem in Intel CSME before versions 11.8.60, 11.11.60, 11.22.60 or 12.0.20 or Intel TXE before 3.1.60 or 4.0.10 may allow privileged user to potentially modify data via local access.

MEDIUM 4.4EPSS 0.29%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

Unhandled exception in Content Protection subsystem in Intel CSME before versions 11.8.60, 11.11.60, 11.22.60 or 12.0.20 or Intel TXE before 3.1.60 or 4.0.10 may allow privileged user to potentially modify data via local access.

CVSS 3.0
4.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.29% probability · 22th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-754
Affected
intel/converged security management engine firmware · intel/trusted execution engine firmware
Source
secure@intel.com
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 0.29%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 0.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.