UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12178

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12178

    Published: 27 Mar 2019Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-12178
    Aliases:
    USN-4349-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12178, https://lists.01.org/pipermail/edk2-devel/2019-February/037251.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4349-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12178

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: edk2

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/edk2@0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    0~20150106.5c2d456b-2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High