CVE-2023-38154 Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An attacker can exploit a heap-based buffer overflow in the Windows Kernel to gain elevated privileges on affected systems.
- 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-2023-38154?
CVE-2023-38154 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 10 1809, published on 8 Aug 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-122
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-38154?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 10 1809, Microsoft Windows Server 2019.
How do I fix CVE-2023-38154?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-38154 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2023-38154 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-38154 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 10 1809
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- CVE-2024-21412 Microsoft Windows Internet Shortcut Files Security Feature Bypass
- CVE-2025-62221 Microsoft Windows Use After Free
- CVE-2025-30400 Microsoft Windows DWM Core Library Use-After-Free
- CVE-2024-21338 Microsoft Windows Kernel Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control
Sources
Also known as GHSA-7rh4-mff7-83p7.