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CVE-2018-12178

Publication date 27 March 2019

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.1 · Critical

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
edk2 20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
19.10 eoan
Not affected
19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.2
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
edk2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.1 · Critical
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

Other references