CVE-2018-8343 — Classic Buffer Overflow in Microsoft Windows 10

CWE-120 — Classic Buffer Overflow4 documents4 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.95%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
10
Microsoft Windows 10Microsoft Windows 10 ServersMicrosoft Windows 7+7 more
Timeline
PublishedAug 15
Latest updateMay 13

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) when ndis.sys fails to check the length of a buffer prior to copying memory to it, aka "Windows NDIS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, 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-2018-8342.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages11 packages

▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_2012(Server Core installation)
▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_2012_r2(Server Core installation)
▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_10_serversversion 1709 (Server Core Installation), version 1803 (Server Core Installation)+1
▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_2016(Server Core installation)
▶CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_2008_r2Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1, x64-based Systems Service Pack 1, x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)+2

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-w45p-vm8r-643w: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) when ndis↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2018-8343: An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in the Network Driver Interface Specification (NDIS) when ndis↗2018-08-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Windows NDIS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability↗2018-08-14
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