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Critical
CVE-2018-12178
Buffer overflow in network stack for EDK II may allow...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in network stack for EDK II may allow unprivileged user to potentially enable escalation of privilege and/or denial of service via network.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://edk2-docs.gitbooks.io/security-advisory/content/dns-pack-size-check.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-03/msg00046.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ABTDKZK2G5XP6JCO3HXMPOA2NRTIYDZ/
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03912en_us
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4349-1/
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Affected Vendor
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Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)
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Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 27th, 2019
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.