CVE-2018-8279

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

70.72% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-07-11 00:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 06:54Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-03-14

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-843Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

3198f8e3df77df55f84eb4333fc68c1bdb51d25c6a1153fe4881844a04243001

• www.securitytracker.com1041256http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041256vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.securityfocus.com104641http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104641vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.exploit-db.com45214https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45214/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• portal.msrc.microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8279x_refsource_CONFIRM