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Ubuntu: (CVE-2018-12205): intel-microcode vulnerability

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

Mar 14, 2019

Added

Nov 19, 2024

Modified

Apr 16, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

ubuntu-upgrade-intel-microcode

References

CVE-2018-12205
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-12205
CWE-295
EUVD-EUVD-2018-4183
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-4183
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12205
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/INTEL-SA-00191.html

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