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CVE-2018-8438

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.8 · Improper input validation
6.8CVSS MEDIUM

Summary

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V Network Switch on a host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system, aka "Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8436, CVE-2018-8437.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredHigh
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)7%

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products we track (2)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8438 ↗