{"id":"USN-6920-1","summary":"edk2 vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that EDK II was not properly performing bounds checks\nin Tianocompress, which could lead to a buffer overflow. An authenticated\nuser could use this issue to potentially escalate their privileges via \nlocal access. (CVE-2017-5731)\n\nIt was discovered that EDK II had an insufficient memory write check in\nthe SMM service, which could lead to a page fault occurring. An \nauthenticated user could use this issue to potentially escalate their\nprivileges, disclose information and/or create a denial of service via\nlocal access. (CVE-2018-12182)\n\nIt was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled memory in DxeCore, which\ncould lead to a stack overflow. An unauthenticated user could this\nissue to potentially escalate their privileges, disclose information \nand/or create a denial of service via local access. This issue only\naffected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2018-12183)\n\nIt was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled memory in the\nVariable service under certain circumstances. An authenticated user could\nuse this issue to potentially escalate their privileges, disclose \ninformation and/or create a denial of service via local access.\n(CVE-2018-3613)\n\nIt was discovered that EDK II incorrectly handled memory in its system\nfirmware, which could lead to a buffer overflow. An unauthenticated user\ncould use this issue to potentially escalate their privileges and/or \ncreate a denial of service via network access. This issue only affected\nUbuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2019-0160)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:44:42Z","published":"2024-07-29T04:18:17Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5731","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12182","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12183","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-3613","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-0160"],"upstream":["CVE-2017-5731","CVE-2018-12182","CVE-2018-12183","CVE-2018-3613","CVE-2019-0160","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5731","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12182","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-12183","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-3613","UBUNTU-CVE-2019-0160"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6920-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-5731"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-3613"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12182"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-12183"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-0160"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"edk2","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/edk2@0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm1"}]}],"versions":["0~20150106.5c2d456b-2","0~20160104.c2a892d7-1","0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2","0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.1","0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_version":"0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm1","binary_name":"ovmf"},{"binary_version":"0~20160408.ffea0a2c-2ubuntu0.2+esm1","binary_name":"qemu-efi"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6920-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2017-5731","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2018-3613","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]},{"id":"CVE-2018-12182","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}]}}},{"package":{"name":"edk2","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/edk2@0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm1"}]}],"versions":["0~20170911.5dfba97c-1","0~20171010.234dbcef-1","0~20171027.76fd5a66-1","0~20171205.a9212288-1","0~20180105.0bc94c74-1","0~20180205.c0d9813c-1","0~20180205.c0d9813c-2","0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.1","0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.2","0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro","binaries":[{"binary_version":"0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm1","binary_name":"ovmf"},{"binary_version":"0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm1","binary_name":"qemu-efi"},{"binary_version":"0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm1","binary_name":"qemu-efi-aarch64"},{"binary_version":"0~20180205.c0d9813c-2ubuntu0.3+esm1","binary_name":"qemu-efi-arm"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6920-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2017-5731","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2018-3613","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]},{"id":"CVE-2018-12182","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]},{"id":"CVE-2018-12183","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]},{"id":"CVE-2019-0160","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}