High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 2, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-1038

Description

The Windows kernel in Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to the way it handles objects in memory, aka "Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

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Affected products

Microsoft/Windows Server 2008llm-fuzzy
Range: SP1
Microsoft/Windows 7llm-fuzzy
Range: SP1
Microsoft/Windowsv5
Range: Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

Patches

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References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-1038nvdPatchVendor Advisory
blog.xpnsec.com/total-meltdown-cve-2018-1038/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44581/nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securityfocus.com/bid/103549nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1040632nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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