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CVE-2018-8232

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-8232 is a tampering vulnerability in Microsoft Macro Assembler (MASM) that affects Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 due to improper code validation. This flaw carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been observed, and community discussion is minimal, it was addressed in the July 2018 Patch Tuesday.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.7.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:15.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
15.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:15.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
61.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0109 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 17,061 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.7.5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2018-Jul/CVE-2018-8232Moderate

Microsoft Macro Assembler Tampering Vulnerability

Jul 10, 2018

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8232
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104640
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041271
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry