VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-1012

HIGH 8.8EPSS 23.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 23.3%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows font library improperly handles specially crafted embedded fonts, aka "Microsoft Graphics 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. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-1010, CVE-2018-1013, CVE-2018-1015, CVE-2018-1016.

CVSS 3.0: 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 23.26% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-20
Affected: microsoft/windows 10 · microsoft/windows 7 · microsoft/windows 8.1 · microsoft/windows rt 8.1 · microsoft/windows server 2008 · microsoft/windows server 2012 · microsoft/windows server 2016
Source: secure@microsoft.com

EPSS trend

EPSS moved from 20.9% on 21 September 2026 to 23.3% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103597Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040656Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-1012Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103597Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040656Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-1012Patch, Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.