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CVE-2018-0816

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to the way objects are handled in memory, aka "Windows GDI Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability". This CVE is unique from CVE-2018-0815 and CVE-2018-0817.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607: 1511, 1607, 1703, 1709
• Microsoft Windows 7: all versions
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: all versions
• Microsoft Windows RT 8.1: all versions
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: r2-sp1
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: r2
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: 1709
• Microsoft Corporation Windows: Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012 and R2, Windows 10 Gold, 1511, 1607, 1703, and 1709, Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server, version 1709

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103248
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040515
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0816
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103248
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040515
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0816

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