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CVE-2018-12204

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-665

Description

Improper memory initialization in Platform Sample/Silicon Reference firmware Intel(R) Server Board, Intel(R) Server System and Intel(R) Compute Module may allow privileged user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via local access.

Affected products

• Intel Platform Sample Firmware: all versions
• Intel Silicon Reference Firmware: all versions

References

• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190318-0002/
• https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03912en_us
• https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03929en_us
• https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03978en_us
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/INTEL-SA-00191.html
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190318-0002/
• https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03912en_us
• https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03929en_us
• https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03978en_us
• https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/INTEL-SA-00191.html

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