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CVE-2018-12181

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-12181 describes a stack overflow vulnerability in the EDK II firmware, specifically when processing corrupted BMP images. This flaw affects tianocore edk_ii and could allow a local, unprivileged user to achieve denial of service or elevation of privilege. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.0 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, leading to high impact on integrity and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tianocore:edk_ii:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.0MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
34.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0043 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 3,720 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ovmf-0:20180508-6.gitee3198e672e2.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: edk2-0:20190308git89910a39dcfd-6.el8
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-12181Moderate

edk2: Stack buffer overflow with corrupted BMP

Mar 7, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00030.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-04/msg00048.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2125
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:3338
edk2-docs.gitbooks.io / security-advisory/content/stack-overflow-on-corrupted-bmp.html
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ABTDKZK2G5XP6JCO3HXMPOA2NRTIYDZ
support.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
usn.ubuntu.com / 4349-1