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Microsoft Windows: CVE-2018-8450: Windows Search Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 13, 2018
Added
Nov 13, 2018
Modified
Sep 5, 2025

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Windows Search handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Search 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-kb4467680microsoft-windows-windows_10-1607-kb4467691microsoft-windows-windows_10-1703-kb4467696microsoft-windows-windows_10-1709-kb4467686microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012-kb4467678microsoft-windows-windows_server_2012_r2-kb4467703microsoft-windows-windows_server_2016-1607-kb4467691msft-kb4467106-339c91f5-6d1d-4a41-909b-af57c1ac99a3msft-kb4467106-77ada8e4-99c2-40c7-8867-e59607dc0342msft-kb4467106-a62b9202-94f2-490b-a7d0-bdd73289f256msft-kb4467106-aec57e1b-7d44-4547-9e12-cb875413faf2msft-kb4467106-bab904d4-da6f-47a1-adeb-386a94e86000msft-kb4467106-cef2f089-c315-4edb-bb16-a3ace65d86d4msft-kb4467678-1db3b379-c517-4511-9094-3e1c44cc7c1cmsft-kb4467678-f598871e-153b-4d69-8932-89d58e2ff38dmsft-kb4467700-060491ac-5f08-4c0c-8994-34b40e6cea54msft-kb4467700-6c25a999-f87b-413b-8c45-069495f87552msft-kb4467700-88fc944d-8d44-406d-97c7-e993f465119bmsft-kb4467703-579a9a1e-0b54-4f92-a48b-2086de3e44c5msft-kb4467703-e4835420-ee77-4a03-95c2-6c626ee5f246
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