CVE-2018-12169: Intel Core i3

High severity, CVSS 7.6. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

  • Intel Core i3: version 4000m only; version 4005u only; version 4010u only; version 4010y only; version 4012y only; version 4020y only; …
  • Intel Core i5: version 7y54 only; version 7y57 only; version 4200h only; version 4200m only; version 4200u only; version 4200y only; …
  • Intel Core i7: version 7y75 only; version 4500u only; version 4510u only; version 4550u only; version 4558u only; version 4578u only; …
  • Intel Core i9: version 8950hk only
  • Lenovo Thinkpad 11e: affected versions not specified
  • Lenovo Thinkpad e480: affected versions not specified
  • Lenovo Thinkpad e580: affected versions not specified
  • Lenovo Thinkpad l380: affected versions not specified
  • Lenovo Thinkpad l380 Yoga: affected versions not specified
  • Lenovo Thinkpad l480: affected versions not specified
  • Lenovo Thinkpad l580: affected versions not specified
  • Lenovo Thinkpad p51: affected versions not specified
  • Lenovo Thinkpad p51s: affected versions not specified
  • Lenovo Thinkpad p52: affected versions not specified
  • Lenovo Thinkpad p52s: affected versions not specified
  • Lenovo Thinkpad p71: affected versions not specified
  • Lenovo Thinkpad p72: affected versions not specified
  • Lenovo Thinkpad t25: affected versions not specified
  • Lenovo Thinkpad t470: affected versions not specified
  • Lenovo Thinkpad t470p: affected versions not specified
  • Lenovo Thinkpad t470s: affected versions not specified
  • Lenovo Thinkpad t480: affected versions not specified
  • Lenovo Thinkpad t480s: affected versions not specified
  • Lenovo Thinkpad t570: affected versions not specified
  • Lenovo Thinkpad t580: affected versions not specified
  • and 7 more

Published 2018-09-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.