01 Record

CVE-2018-8408

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly initializes objects in memory, aka "Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7,

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: microsoft

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly initializes objects in memory, aka "Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7,

03 Exploitation and scoring

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: 1.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 76.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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.

04 Metadata

Published

2018-11-14 01:00Z7 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-665Improper InitializationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

5dca0c2b391fb1a59d9409bcfb43578c5c0efc9785bb5a1d1475f1974ea8bf83

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

MicrosoftWindows 732-bit Systems Service Pack 1, x64-based Systems Service Pack 1—

MicrosoftWindows Server 2012 R2(Server Core installation)—

MicrosoftWindows RT 8.1Windows RT 8.1—

MicrosoftWindows Server 200832-bit Systems Service Pack 2, 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation), Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2, x64-based Systems Service Pack 2, x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)—

MicrosoftWindows Server 2012(Server Core installation)—

MicrosoftWindows 8.132-bit systems, x64-based systems—

MicrosoftWindows Server 2016(Server Core installation)—

MicrosoftWindows Server 2008 R2Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1, x64-based Systems Service Pack 1, x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)—

MicrosoftWindows 1032-bit Systems, Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems, Version 1607 for x64-based Systems, Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems, Version 1703 for x64-based Systems, Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems, Version 1709 for ARM64-based Systems, Version 1709 for x64-based Systems, Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems, Version 1803 for ARM64-based Systems, Version 1803 for x64-based Systems, x64-based Systems—

MicrosoftWindows 10 Serversversion 1709 (Server Core Installation), version 1803 (Server Core Installation)—

06 References

www.securityfocus.com105789http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105789vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
portal.msrc.microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8408x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.securitytracker.com1042127http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042127vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK