CVE-2018-12208: Intel Converged Security Management Engine Firmware

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

Buffer overflow in HECI subsystem in Intel(R) CSME before versions 11.8.60, 11.11.60, 11.22.60 or 12.0.20 and Intel(R) TXE version before 3.1.60 or 4.0.10, or Intel(R) Server Platform Services before version 5.00.04.012 may allow an unauthenticated 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 Server Platform Services Firmware: before 5.00.04.012 (fixed in 5.00.04.012)
• 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.