VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-8251

A memory corruption vulnerability exists when Windows Media Foundation improperly handles objects in memory, aka "Media Foundation Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012,…

HIGH 7.5EPSS 7.76%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.76%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 7.76% probability · 95th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-787
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 7.8% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104398Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041103Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8251Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104398Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041103Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8251Patch, Vendor Advisory

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