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CVE-2018-8251
A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory, aka "Media Foundation Memory…
High7.5EPSS 8.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microsoft
Description
A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory, aka "Media Foundation Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.0% · top 5.2% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- Remote Code Execution
- CWE-787 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-787 and its CVEs
Affected products
- affected 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1
- affected x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012 R2
- affected (Server Core installation)
- affected Windows RT 8.1
Microsoft · Windows Server 2012
- affected (Server Core installation)
- affected 32-bit systems
- affected x64-based systems
Microsoft · Windows Server 2016
- affected (Server Core installation)
Microsoft · Windows Server 2008 R2
- affected Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1
- affected x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
- affected x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
- affected 32-bit Systems
- affected Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
- affected Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
- affected Version 1703 for 32-bit 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
- affected x64-based Systems
Microsoft · Windows 10 Servers
- affected version 1709 (Server Core Installation)
- affected version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
References (3)
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8251 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1041103 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 104398 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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)
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