CVE-2018-8273 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft SQL Server that could enable remote code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) with low attack complexity over the network. While there is no evidence of active exploitation in the wild or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation. It was addressed in Microsoft's August 2018 Patch Tuesday.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2016CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:sql_server:2016:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:* | ||
2016CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:sql_server:2016:sp2:*:*:*:*:x64:* | ||
2017CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:sql_server:2017:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.