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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 14, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2018-8554

CVE-2018-8554

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when DirectX improperly handles objects in memory, aka "DirectX Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10 Servers, Windows 10, Windows Server 2019. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8485, CVE-2018-8561.

Affected products

9
  • Microsoft/Windows 10 19093 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_10:1809:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 20032 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server:1803:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: version 1803 (Server Core Installation)
  • Microsoft/Windows Server 20192 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2019:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: (Server Core installation)
  • Microsoft/Windows 10llm-fuzzy
  • Microsoft/Directxllm-fuzzy

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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