vulnerability

Microsoft Windows: CVE-2018-8443: Windows Kernel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Sep 11, 2018
Added
Sep 11, 2018
Modified
Sep 5, 2025

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel improperly handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Kernel Information Disclosure 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. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8336, CVE-2018-8419, CVE-2018-8442, CVE-2018-8445, CVE-2018-8446.

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-kb4457140microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4457143microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4457131msft-kb4457140-85371836-4e06-4f05-a56d-d6182fe3540cmsft-kb4457140-8ece9dfe-0271-4997-b596-5d8651d37416msft-kb4457143-175a0d78-90dc-45c3-baf2-1c2cc20168a9msft-kb4457143-3f52105e-8bb6-4180-ba02-bf0798bb670cmsft-kb4457145-3476b964-fc89-4bdb-abe7-186990e49877msft-kb4457145-5ea03284-2bc0-46e2-96ea-cb2175514dbdmsft-kb4457145-c3ffc65f-5934-48e9-9dae-1004d041e764msft-kb4457145-db4fc522-1d10-4af9-8d16-79658ada76b8msft-kb4457145-e69e8c03-c176-42b7-b39d-717ed70c8cacmsft-kb4457145-ffe4c6ea-4545-4a21-9334-17496e869569msft-kb4457984-12dff458-a5cd-4d6c-97a2-6c34345ae073msft-kb4457984-99218fd4-d475-4f9b-8b7e-23771f47c86bmsft-kb4457984-a944dea7-38fb-4233-95df-96ac1c73dc67
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