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CVE-2018-8453
Critical
91.5
RPSRPS range: 0–105; KEV-listed vulnerabilities can receive an exploitation amplifier.
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.
Source: NVD
Signals
- CVSS
- 7.8
- High · v3.1
- EPSS
- 70.04%
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
- CISA KEV
- In CISA KEV since Jan 2022
- Fix commit
- No known fix commit
- Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
- Weakness
- Not mapped
- Published
- 10 Oct 2018
- Last modified 13 Aug 2026
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Data as of 7 Oct 2026, 05:16 UK time