CVE-2018-12037: Micron Crucial MX100 Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 4.0. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered on Samsung 840 EVO and 850 EVO devices (only in "ATA high" mode, not vulnerable in "TCG" or "ATA max" mode), Samsung T3 and T5 portable drives, and Crucial MX100, MX200 and MX300 devices. Absence of a cryptographic link between the password and the Disk Encryption Key allows attackers with privileged access to SSD firmware full access to encrypted data.

Affected products

• Micron Crucial MX100 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Micron Crucial MX200 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Micron Crucial MX300 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Samsung 840 Evo Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Samsung 850 Evo Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Samsung t3 Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Samsung t5 Firmware: affected versions not specified

Published 2018-11-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.