vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2018-8225: Windows DNSAPI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jun 12, 2018 | Jun 12, 2018 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jun 12, 2018
Added
Jun 12, 2018
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows Domain Name System (DNS) DNSAPI.dll when it fails to properly handle DNS responses, aka "Windows DNSAPI Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4284860microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4284880microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4284874microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4284819microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4284835microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4284846microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4284878microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4284880msft-kb4230467-2172036c-3f0f-4ca0-9081-06d3fa976900msft-kb4230467-3a9109f9-ec94-4803-ad61-a9dc44cebc8dmsft-kb4230467-852654da-ddde-4d1c-9119-d6b22b7a87cbmsft-kb4230467-a9990a7b-3e69-4fb5-97c5-e0cd904b6d88msft-kb4284846-83ee3488-e32d-4212-9b14-8bafd9f37918msft-kb4284846-db5ae8fc-d920-4d70-9f2e-1a912e7ac85fmsft-kb4284867-44e75293-87aa-4492-bc0c-1c7a8cabd0f1msft-kb4284867-886f5701-c858-4b84-9222-1de1455020c6msft-kb4284867-a31ec407-3bf3-4abb-9d95-a20580c3ada2msft-kb4284867-ba4e3571-fa24-464e-85dc-3a90994d972dmsft-kb4284867-c34dd24f-8ba7-48de-891a-72e59d5b49c2msft-kb4284867-e3aeb85f-2c58-4883-97ca-e342d7ab1c0cmsft-kb4284878-0a54ebd2-54fe-40f5-9639-b72023b7a808msft-kb4284878-4a69b135-0fe8-45c6-9994-61ebbe2e788c
References
- BID-104395
- CVE-2018-8225
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-8225
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4284819
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4284835
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4284846
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4284860
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4284874
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4284878
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4284880
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