CVE-2018-8218 describes a denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Hyper-V Network Switch affecting Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016. A privileged user on a guest operating system can trigger this by providing malformed input, leading to a high-impact denial of service on the host server. With a CVSS score of 7.7 (HIGH), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity and requires low privileges. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, though it was addressed in the June 2018 Patch Tuesday.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1709CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1709CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
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