CVE-2018-8438

Medium

Description

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V Network Switch on a host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system, aka "Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8436, CVE-2018-8437.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Windows
PublishedSep 13, 2018
First seenSep 13, 2018

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft windows_10No range specified, 1607, 1709, 1803—
microsoft windows_8.1No range specified—
microsoft windows_server2012—
microsoft windows_server_2016No range specified, 1709, 1803—

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