CVE-2018-8639

Microsoft · Published December 12, 2018

7.8

CVSS v3.1

HIGH

CISA KEV — Federal agencies must patch by deadline

Actively exploited in the wild

Patch availableGet patch

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Windows when the Win32k component fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Win32k Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8641.

Affected Products

Windows 10 1507
Windows 10 1607
Windows 10 1703
Windows 10 1709

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H