CVE-2018-8622 is an information disclosure vulnerability in the Windows kernel, affecting Windows 7, 8.1, RT 8.1, Server 2008, and Server 2012. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it allows a local, low-privileged attacker to achieve high confidentiality impact by improperly handling objects in memory. While there is no public exploit code available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it is not listed in the KEV catalog, one article from BleepingComputer suggests it was a zero-day vulnerability actively exploited at the time of its patch in December 2018. Community discussion and media coverage indicate moderate attention to this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_7:-:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_rt_8.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:-:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
r2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2008:r2:sp1:*:*:*:*:itanium:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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.