CVE-2018-8471: 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 in the way that the Microsoft RemoteFX Virtual GPU miniport driver handles objects in memory, aka "Microsoft RemoteFX Virtual GPU miniport driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7, Windows Server 2019.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows 10: affected versions not specified; version 1607 only; version 1703 only; version 1709 only; version 1803 only; version 1809 only
• Microsoft Windows 7: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows 8.1: any version
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019: affected versions not specified

Published 2018-11-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.