vulnerability
Microsoft Windows: CVE-2018-8438: Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Sep 11, 2018 | Sep 11, 2018 | Sep 5, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Sep 11, 2018
Added
Sep 11, 2018
Modified
Sep 5, 2025
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.
Solutions
microsoft-windows-windows_10-1507-kb4457132microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4457131microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4457138microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4457142microsoft-windows-windows_10-1803-kb4457128microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4457143microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4457131msft-kb4457143-175a0d78-90dc-45c3-baf2-1c2cc20168a9msft-kb4457143-3f52105e-8bb6-4180-ba02-bf0798bb670c
References
- BID-105249
- CVE-2018-8438
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-8438
- CWE-20
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4457128
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4457131
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4457132
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4457138
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4457142
- URL-https://support.microsoft.com/help/4457143
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