840 Evo Firmware Security Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-12037

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...

CVE-2018-12038

An issue was discovered on Samsung 840 EVO devices. Vendor-specific commands may allow access to the disk-encryption...