CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-8462
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-09-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-404
Description
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the DirectX Graphics Kernel (DXGKRNL) driver improperly handles objects in memory, aka "DirectX Graphics Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.
Affected configurations
• microsoft windows 10
• microsoft windows 10 1607
• microsoft windows 10 1703
• microsoft windows 10 1709
• microsoft windows 10 1803
• microsoft windows server 2016
• microsoft windows server 2016 1709
• microsoft windows server 2016 1803
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-404 Improper Resource Shutdown or Release weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105274 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041629 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8462 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105274 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041629 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8462 Patch, Vendor Advisory