CVE-2018-12037

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CVSS 3.0

4.0 medium

EPSS

<1%p14

Published

Nov 20, 2018 (Nov 20, 2018)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Vendors: samsung micron
Products: 840 evo firmware, 850 evo firmware, t3 firmware, t5 firmware, crucial mx100 firmware, crucial mx200 firmware, crucial mx300 firmware
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (0.2%)

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