CVE-2018-8453

High · 7.8 CISA KEV · ransomware

CVSS

7.8

EPSS

70.0%

Published

Oct 10, 2018

CISA due date

Jul 21, 2022

The record

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.

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Introduced	Fixed