⚠ Exploited in the wild
Exploitation observed in the wild. Not yet on CISA KEV.

CVE-2018-8514Improper Initialization in Microsoft Windows 10

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.2%
top 20.75%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Timeline
PublishedDec 12
Latest updateMay 13

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Remote Procedure Call runtime improperly initializes objects in memory, aka "Remote Procedure Call runtime Information Disclosure 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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages13 packages

CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_20085 versions+4
CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_2012(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
CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_2012_r2(Server Core installation)
CVEListV5microsoft/windows_10_serversversion 1709 (Server Core Installation), version 1803 (Server Core Installation)+1

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-9wxm-jr2x-h7pp: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Remote Procedure Call runtime improperly initializes objects in memory, aka "Remote Procedure Call2022-05-13
CVEList
CVE-2018-8514: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Remote Procedure Call runtime improperly initializes objects in memory, aka "Remote Procedure Call2018-12-12
VulnCheck
Microsoft Windows Improper Initialization2018

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Windows Remote Procedure Call Information Disclosure Vulnerability2018-12-11
CVE-2018-8514 — Improper Initialization in Microsoft | cvebase