edk2: Logic error in MdeModulePkg in EDK II firmware allows for privilege escalation by authenticated users
Published Mar 27, 2019
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.44%
Description
Logic issue in variable service module for EDK II/UDK2018/UDK2017/UDK2015 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, information disclosure and/or denial of service via local access.
Affected products
- Vendor Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II) Product Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II) Defaultn/a
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II) | Extensible Firmware Interface Development Kit (EDK II) | n/a |
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No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
ovmf-0:20180508-6.gitee3198e672e2.el7
Fixed · RHSA-2019:2125
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
edk2
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | ovmf-0:20180508-6.gitee3198e672e2.el7 | Fixed | RHSA-2019:2125 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | edk2 | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Percentile over time
- EPSS v1
- EPSS v5
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.44% (0.00441) | 36.02th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.44% (0.00441) | 34.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.27% (0.00273) | 48.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00059) | 26.93th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 13, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00059) | 25.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 20, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00059) | 22.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 1.29% (0.01294) | 30.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 1.29% (0.01294) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (9)
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2125 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3613 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1641433 Issue Tracking
- https://edk2-docs.gitbooks.io/security-advisory/content/authvariable-timestamp-zeroing-on-append_write.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://edk2-docs.gitbooks.io/security-advisory/content/edk-ii-authenticated-variable-bypass.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ABTDKZK2G5XP6JCO3HXMPOA2NRTIYDZ/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3613
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03912en_us x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3613
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2125 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3613 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1641433 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://edk2-docs.gitbooks.io/security-advisory/content/authvariable-timestamp-zeroing-on-append_write.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://edk2-docs.gitbooks.io/security-advisory/content/edk-ii-authenticated-variable-bypass.html | ||
| https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/4ABTDKZK2G5XP6JCO3HXMPOA2NRTIYDZ/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3613 | ||
| https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbhf03912en_us | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-3613 |
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