Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2018-12207

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Buffer overflow in Microsoft Windows and Windows Server - CVE-2018-12207

Published: November 12, 2019 / Updated: November 14, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU22712
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12207
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the mechanism responsible for error handling on some Intel platforms. A local user of a guest operating system can use a specially crafted application to trigger memory corruption and cause the host system to stop responding.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Below is the list of processor families that are affected by this vulnerability:

Client:

  • Intel Core i3 Processors
  • Intel Core i5 Processors
  • Intel Core i7 Processors
  • Intel Core m Processor Family
  • 2nd generation Intel Core Processors
  • 3rd generation Intel Core Processors
  • 4th generation Intel Core Processors
  • 5th generation Intel Core Processors
  • 6th generation Intel Core Processors
  • 7th generation Intel Core Processors
  • 8th generation Intel Core Processors
  • Intel Core X-series Processor Family
  • Intel Pentium Gold Processor Series
  • Intel Celeron Processor G Series

Server:

  • 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
  • Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
  • Intel Xeon Processor E7 v4 Family
  • Intel Xeon Processor E7 v3 Family
  • Intel Xeon Processor E7 v2 Family
  • Intel Xeon Processor E7 Family
  • Intel Xeon Processor E5 v4 Family
  • Intel Xeon Processor E5 v3 Family
  • Intel Xeon Processor E5 v2 Family
  • Intel Xeon Processor E5 Family
  • Intel Xeon Processor E3 v6 Family
  • Intel Xeon Processor E3 v5 Family
  • Intel Xeon Processor E3 v4 Family
  • Intel Xeon Processor E3 v3 Family
  • Intel Xeon Processor E3 v2 Family
  • Intel Xeon Processor E3 Family
  • Intel Xeon E Processor
  • Intel Xeon D Processor
  • Intel Xeon W Processor
  • Legacy Intel Xeon Processor

Affected software

Microsoft Windows
Windows Server
Debian Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
VMware ESXi
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Virtualization Host - Extended Update Support 4.2 for RHEL
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support
FreeBSD
Opensuse
Fedora

Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
MRG Realtime
kernel (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt (Red Hat package)
xen (Alpine package)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
microcode_ctl
xen (Debian package)
xen
kernel
kernel-headers
kernel-tools
Enterprise Manager
Red Hat Virtualization Host
Red Hat Virtualization
Xen
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform
IBM Systems Director
BIG-IQ Centralized Management
VMware Fusion
VMware Workstation
BIG-IP APM
BIG-IP

How to mitigate CVE-2018-12207

Install update from vendor's website.

kernel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.6.32-431.96.3.el6, 2.6.32-504.81.3.el6, 2.6.32-754.24.2.el6, 3.10.0-327.82.2.el7, 3.10.0-514.70.2.el7, 3.10.0-693.60.2.el7, 3.10.0-862.43.2.el7, 3.10.0-957.38.2.el7, 3.10.0-1062.4.2.el7, 4.18.0-80.15.1.el8_0, 4.18.0-147.0.2.el8_1
kernel-rt (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 3.10.0-693.60.2.rt56.655.el6rt, 3.10.0-1062.4.2.rt56.1028.el7, 4.18.0-147.0.2.rt24.94.el8_1
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform - addressed in versions 4.1.24, 4.2.5
xen (Alpine package) - update to 4.10.4-r1
VMware ESXi - addressed in versions ESXi600-201911401, ESXi600-201911402, ESXi650-201911401, ESXi650-201911402, ESXi670-201911401, ESXi670-201911402
VMware Fusion - update to 11.5.1
BIG-IP APM - addressed in versions 13.1.3.2, 14.0.1.1, 14.1.2.1, 15.1.0
VMware Workstation - update to 15.5.1
microcode_ctl - addressed in versions 2.1-33.fc29, 2.1-33.fc30, 2.1-33.fc31
xen (Debian package) - addressed in versions 4.8.5.final+shim4.10.4-1+deb9u12, 4.11.3+24-g14b62ab3e5-1~deb10u1
xen - addressed in versions 4.11.2-3.fc30, 4.12.1-5.fc31, 4.12.1-6.fc31
kernel - addressed in versions 5.3.11-100.fc29, 5.3.11-200.fc30, 5.3.11-300.fc31
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.3.11-100.fc29, 5.3.11-200.fc30, 5.3.11-300.fc31
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.3.11-100.fc29, 5.3.11-200.fc30, 5.3.11-300.fc31

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