CVE-2018-1009: Microsoft Windows 10

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Windows improperly handles objects in memory and incorrectly maps kernel memory, aka "Microsoft DirectX Graphics Kernel Subsystem Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2016, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: affected versions not specified; version 1511 only; version 1607 only; version 1703 only; version 1709 only
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: any version
• Microsoft Windows Rt 8.1: any version
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: any version; version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: any version

Published 2018-04-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.