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High severity7.8CISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Aug 15, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-8406

CVE-2018-8406

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the DirectX Graphics Kernel (DXGKRNL) driver improperly handles objects in memory, aka "DirectX Graphics Kernel Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8400, CVE-2018-8401, CVE-2018-8405.

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Affected products

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  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2016llm-fuzzy3 versions
    (expand)+ 2 more
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: (Server Core installation)
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2016:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 1909llm-fuzzy4 versions
    (expand)+ 3 more
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: 32-bit Systems
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1507:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 2003cpe-rescue
    Range: version 1709 (Server Core Installation)
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 16072 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1607:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 15112 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1703:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1703:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1703:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 17092 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1709:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1709:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1709:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 18032 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1803:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1803:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10_1803:-:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 1709
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1709:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 1803
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_1803:-:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*

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