CVE-2018-8437 is 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 denial of service on the host. Rated 6.2 MEDIUM, it requires high privileges and network access, but has a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, with only one article mentioning it as part of a patch Tuesday.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1803CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:x64:* | ||
1803CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.