High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 27, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-12179

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.

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Affected products

Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)/Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II)v5
Range: N/A
EDK II/EDK IIllm-fuzzy
Tianocore/Edk Ii
cpe:2.3:a:tianocore:edk_ii:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

edk2-docs.gitbooks.io/security-advisory/content/opal-blocksid-setting-disabled-after-s3.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TQYVZRFEXSN3KS43AVH4D7QX553EZQYP/nvd
support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/displaynvd

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