An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly initializes objects in memory, aka "Windows Kernel…

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly initializes objects in memory, aka "Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10 Servers, Windows 10. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8207.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

1.5% · top 25% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.7.

Weakness

• Information Disclosure
• CWE-665 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-665 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Microsoft · Windows 10 Servers

  • affected version 1709 (Server Core Installation)
  • affected version 1803 (Server Core Installation)

• Microsoft · Windows 10

  • affected Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems
  • affected Version 1703 for x64-based Systems
  • affected Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems
  • affected Version 1709 for x64-based Systems
  • affected Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
  • affected Version 1803 for x64-based Systems

References (3)

• 1041113 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 104380 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8121 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2018-8121](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2018-8121.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2018-8121)

Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 06:46 UTC.