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

CVE-2018-8596

5 documents5 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUM
EPSS
27.4%
top 3.59%
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 the Windows GDI component improperly discloses the contents of its memory, aka "Windows GDI 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. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8595.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | 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-9qgf-cp94-7mwm: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows GDI component improperly discloses the contents of its memory, aka "Windows GDI Inform2022-05-13
CVEList
CVE-2018-8596: An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows GDI component improperly discloses the contents of its memory, aka "Windows GDI Inform2018-12-12
VulnCheck
Windows GDI Information Disclosure Vulnerability2018

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Windows GDI Information Disclosure Vulnerability2018-12-11
CVE-2018-8596 (MEDIUM CVSS 6.5) | An information disclosure vulnerabi | cvebase.io