Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Mar 14, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-12204

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.

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Affected products

Intel/Platform Sample Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:intel:platform_sample_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Intel/Silicon Reference Firmware
cpe:2.3:o:intel:silicon_reference_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Intel/Platform Sample/ Silicon Reference firmwarellm-fuzzy
Intel Corporation/Intel Platform Sample / Silicon Reference firmwarev5
Range: Multiple versions.

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References

www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/INTEL-SA-00191.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190318-0002/nvd
support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/displaynvd
support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/displaynvd
support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/displaynvd

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