CVE-2018-8554: 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 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

• Microsoft Windows 10: version 1803 only; version 1809 only
• Microsoft Windows Server: version 1803 only
• Microsoft Windows Server 2019: affected versions not specified

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