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CVE-2018-8406

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
0.03444
Risk score
57.41
CISA KEV
Yes
PoC
No
Published
2022-03-28
Modified
2022-03-28
First seen
2026-08-07
Aliases
EUVD-2018-20044, GHSA-MXVV-3VRG-CH3P
Products
Microsoft:DirectX Graphics Kernel (DXGKRNL), Microsoft:Windows 10 32-bit Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Servers version 1709 (Server Core Installation), Microsoft:Windows 10 Servers version 1803 (Server Core Installation), Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems, Microsoft:Windows 10 x64-based Systems, Microsoft:Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
Sources
euvd EUVD-2018-20044
cisa.gov CVE-2018-8406

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the DirectX Graphics Kernel (DXGKRNL) driver improperly handles objects in memory.

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