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CVE-2018-12158

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.0 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-10-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Insufficient input validation in BIOS update utility in Intel NUC FW kits downloaded before May 24, 2018 may allow a privileged user to potentially trigger a denial of service or information disclosure via local access.

Affected products

• Intel Corporation Intel NUC Firmware Kits: before 2018-05-24 — fixed in 2018-05-24

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Intel Corporation Intel NUC Firmware Kits 2018-05-24. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00168.html
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00168.html

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