UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12201 (CVE-2018-12201)
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2019-03-14 20:29 – Updated: 2025-07-16 04:53 – Source websiteBuffer overflow vulnerability in Platform Sample / Silicon Reference firmware for 8th Generation Intel(R) Core Processor, 7th Generation Intel(R) Core Processor, Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver J5005 Processor, Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver N5000 Processor, Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4105 Processor, Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4005 Processor, Intel Celeron(R) N4100 Processor and Intel(R) Celeron N4000 Processor may allow privileged user to potentially execute arbitrary code via local access.
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"aliases": [],
"details": "Buffer overflow vulnerability in Platform Sample / Silicon Reference firmware for 8th Generation Intel(R) Core Processor, 7th Generation Intel(R) Core Processor, Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver J5005 Processor, Intel(R) Pentium(R) Silver N5000 Processor, Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4105 Processor, Intel(R) Celeron(R) J4005 Processor, Intel Celeron(R) N4100 Processor and Intel(R) Celeron N4000 Processor may allow privileged user to potentially execute arbitrary code via local access.",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12201",
"modified": "2025-07-16T04:53:48Z",
"published": "2019-03-14T20:29:00Z",
"references": [
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"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12201"
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"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advisory/INTEL-SA-00191.html"
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"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-12201"
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"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"type": "Ubuntu"
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