CVE-2018-8649 Denial of service in Windows 10
Attackers can cause a denial of service in Windows by exploiting improper memory object handling, affecting system availability.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-8649?
CVE-2018-8649 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10, published on 12 Dec 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A denial of service vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Denial of Service Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10, Windows Server 2019.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-8649?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 10, Microsoft Windows Server 2019.
How do I fix CVE-2018-8649?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-8649 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2018-8649 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8649 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-vx98-9qm5-73r8.