UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12205

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12205

    Published: 14 Mar 2019Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-12205

    Summary:

    Details: Improper certificate validation in Platform Sample/ Silicon Reference firmware for 8th Generation Intel(R) Core(tm) Processor, 7th Generation Intel(R) Core(tm) Processor may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable an escalation of privilege via physical access.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12205, https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/INTEL-SA-00191.html, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12205

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: intel-microcode

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.20190514.0ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    1.20130906.1ubuntu2
    1.20130906.1ubuntu3

    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