CVE-2018-8251 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Windows Media Foundation, affecting numerous Windows client and server operating systems from Windows 7 to Windows 10 and their server counterparts. This vulnerability arises from improper handling of objects in memory. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), it presents a significant risk, allowing for high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability through a network-based attack requiring user interaction and high attack complexity. Despite its high severity and a FAUCET Risk Score of 89/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation (not in KEV), nor are there public exploits available in Metasploit or ExploitDB. However, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1607CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1607:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1703CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1703:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1709CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1709:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1803CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.4 Bluesky, 0.2 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.6 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.