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CVE-2018-3613

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-3613 is a logic issue in the variable service module of TianoCore EDK II (including UDK2015-2018) that allows an authenticated local user to potentially achieve escalation of privilege, information disclosure, or denial of service. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable locally with low attack complexity and user interaction, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
udk2015CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tianocore:edk_ii:udk2015:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
udk2017CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tianocore:edk_ii:udk2017:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
udk2018CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tianocore:edk_ii:udk2018:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-3613Moderate

edk2: Logic error in MdeModulePkg in EDK II firmware allows for privilege escalation by authenticated users

Oct 16, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2125
edk2-docs.gitbooks.io / security-advisory/content/authvariable-timestamp-zeroing-on-append_write.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ABTDKZK2G5XP6JCO3HXMPOA2NRTIYDZ
support.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display