CVE-2018-1038: Microsoft Windows 7

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 8.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 7: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: version r2 only

Published 2018-04-02. Last modified 2026-06-17.