CVE-2018-8649 is a denial of service vulnerability affecting Windows 10 and Windows Server 2019, stemming from improper object handling in memory. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and low privileges to achieve a high impact on availability, with no impact on confidentiality or integrity. While not actively exploited (KEV: No) and lacking public exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, including a mention in a BleepingComputer article regarding Microsoft's December 2018 Patch Tuesday.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1809CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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.