CVE-2018-12199: Intel Converged Security Management Engine Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 6.2. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in an OS component in Intel CSME before versions 11.8.60, 11.11.60, 11.22.60 or 12.0.20 and Intel TXE version before 3.1.60 or 4.0.10 may allow a privileged user to potentially execute arbitrary code via physical access.

Affected products

• Intel Converged Security Management Engine Firmware: from 11.0, before 11.8.60 (fixed in 11.8.60); from 11.10, before 11.11.60 (fixed in 11.11.60); from 11.20, before 11.22.60 (fixed in 11.22.60); from 12.0.0, before 12.0.20 (fixed in 12.0.20)
• Intel Trusted Execution Engine Firmware: from 3.0, before 3.1.60 (fixed in 3.1.60); from 4.0, before 4.0.10 (fixed in 4.0.10)

Published 2019-03-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.