CVE-2018-12130

22

FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-12130, also known as Microarchitectural Fill Buffer Data Sampling (MFBDS), is a side-channel vulnerability affecting Intel microprocessors that utilize speculative execution, including various Fedora and Intel products. An authenticated local user can potentially exploit fill buffers to disclose information. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.6 (Medium) with a local attack vector and high attack complexity, leading to a high impact on confidentiality. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV entry, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:intel:microarchitectural_fill_buffer_data_sampling_firmware:-:::::::*
		29CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.6MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

1.1

Impact Score

4.0

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

1.57%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

72.7%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-26

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0157 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 1,297 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (60)

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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:2.6.32-504.78.2.el6

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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Telco Extended Update SupportFixed in: qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.19

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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-327.78.2.el7

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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: libvirt-0:1.2.17-13.el7_2.10

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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-105.el7_2.19

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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-514.64.2.el7

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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-126.el7_3.17

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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Telco Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-514.64.2.el7

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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Telco Extended Update SupportFixed in: libvirt-0:2.0.0-10.el7_3.14

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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Telco Extended Update SupportFixed in: qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-126.el7_3.17

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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-514.64.2.el7

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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: libvirt-0:2.0.0-10.el7_3.14

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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-126.el7_3.17

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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-693.47.2.el7

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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: libvirt-0:3.2.0-14.el7_4.13

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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-141.el7_4.10

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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:3.10.0-862.32.2.el7

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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Extended Update SupportFixed in: libvirt-0:3.9.0-14.el7_5.9

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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Extended Update SupportFixed in: qemu-kvm-10:1.5.3-156.el7_5.7

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Product: Red Hat Virtualization 4Fixed in: ovirt-guest-agent

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Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: kernel

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-12130Important

hardware: Microarchitectural Fill Buffer Data Sampling (MFBDS)

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00014.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00052.html

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00053.html

packetstormsecurity.com / files/155281/FreeBSD-Security-Advisory-FreeBSD-SA-19-26.mcu.html

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:1455

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2553

cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/pdf/ssa-608355.pdf

cert-portal.siemens.com / productcert/pdf/ssa-616472.pdf

kc.mcafee.com / corporate/index

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00018.html

lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OH73SGTJ575OBCPSJFX6LX7KP2KZIEN4

seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Jun/28

seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Jun/36

seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Nov/15

seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Nov/16

seclists.org / bugtraq/2020/Jan/21

security.freebsd.org / advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:26.mcu.asc

security.gentoo.org / glsa/202003-56

usn.ubuntu.com / 3977-3

debian.org / security/2020/dsa-4602

freebsd.org / security/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-19:07.mds.asc

intel.com / content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/intel-sa-00233.html

Vendor Advisory

synology.com / security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_24

arubanetworks.com / assets/alert/ARUBA-PSA-2019-003.txt

huawei.com / en/psirt/security-advisories/huawei-sa-20190712-01-mds-en