CVE-2018-8462

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.012 · 68 %ileEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.19% (68th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

28 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the DirectX Graphics Kernel (DXGKRNL) driver improperly handles objects in memory, aka "DirectX Graphics Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

cvss

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

7.8

010

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

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.07.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17highAV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-404USprimaryCWE-119US

affected products (28)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Microsoft Windows 10≤ Version 1703 for 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10≤ x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10≤ Version 1709 for 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10≤ Version 1607 for 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10≤ 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10≤ Version 1607 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10≤ Version 1803 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10≤ Version 1709 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10≤ Version 1703 for x64-based Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10≤ Version 1803 for 32-bit Systemsenisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10 Servers≤ version 1803 (Server Core Installation)enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows 10 Servers≤ version 1709 (Server Core Installation)enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Windows Server 2016≤ (Server Core installation)enisa_euvdEU
Microsoft Corp Windows 10all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows 10 1607all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows 10 1703all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows 10 1709all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows 10 1803all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows Server 1803all versionsfstec_bduRU
Microsoft Corp Windows Server 2016all versionsfstec_bduRU

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-09-13modified 2026-06-17

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