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

CVE-2018-8637

5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
EPSS
1.2%
top 21.07%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Timeline
PublishedDec 12
Latest updateMay 13

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Windows kernel that could allow an attacker to retrieve information that could lead to a Kernel Address Space Layout Randomization (KASLR) bypass, aka "Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10 Servers, Windows 10, Windows Server 2019.

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 Packages5 packages

CVEListV5microsoft/windows_10_serversversion 1803 (Server Core Installation)
CVEListV5microsoft/windows_server_2019(Server Core installation)
CVEListV5microsoft/windows_106 versions+5
NVDmicrosoft/windows_101803, 1809+1

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-92c6-xg29-5j5f: An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Windows kernel that could allow an attacker to retrieve information that could lead to a Kernel Addr2022-05-13
CVEList
CVE-2018-8637: An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Windows kernel that could allow an attacker to retrieve information that could lead to a Kernel Addr2018-12-12
VulnCheck
Microsoft Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability2018

📋Vendor Advisories

1
Microsoft
Win32k Information Disclosure Vulnerability2018-12-11
CVE-2018-8637 (MEDIUM CVSS 5.5) | An information disclosure vulnerabi | cvebase.io