CVE-2018-8397

highpriority · attend · 59EPSS 0.675 · 99 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

67.5% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 9.3 · high

Is it mine?

18 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) handles objects in the memory, aka "GDI+ Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.09.3highAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 10

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.08.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119US

affected products (18)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Microsoft Windows 7≤ 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 7≤ x64-based Systems Service Pack 1enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows Server 2008≤ x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows Server 2008≤ 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows Server 2008≤ Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows Server 2008≤ x64-based Systems Service Pack 2enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows Server 2008≤ 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2≤ Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2≤ x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2≤ x64-based Systems Service Pack 1enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Corp Windows 7 Service Pack 1all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 (Server Core Installation)all versionsfstec_bduRU
microsoft windows 7all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows server 2008all versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft windows server 2008= r2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-08-15modified 2026-06-17

references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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