CVE-2018-12169

HighCVSS 7.6/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Platform sample code firmware in 4th Generation Intel Core Processor, 5th Generation Intel Core Processor, 6th Generation Intel Core Processor, 7th Generation Intel Core Processor and 8th Generation Intel Core Processor contains a logic error which may allow physical attacker to potentially bypass firmware authentication.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.6/10CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-287

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Sep 21, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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