CVE-2018-8472: Microsoft Windows 10

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 18.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the way that the Windows Graphics Device Interface (GDI) handles objects in memory, allowing an attacker to retrieve information from a targeted system, aka "Windows GDI Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

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 Rt 8.1: affected versions not specified
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008: affected versions not specified; version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2012: affected versions not specified; version r2 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2016: affected versions not specified; version 1709 only; version 1803 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019: affected versions not specified

Published 2018-10-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.