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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
CVE-2018-8332 Win32k Graphics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Windows 7 Critical 12-09-2018

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows font library improperly handles specially crafted embedded fonts. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take control of the affected system.

Detailed Information on the risk:
In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a specially crafted website that is designed to exploit this vulnerability and then convince a user to view the website. An attacker would have no way to force users to view the attacker-controlled content. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to take action, typically by getting them to click a link in an email message or in an Instant Messenger message that takes users to the attacker’s website, or by opening an attachment sent through email.

Further information on this exploit is available at : CVE-2018-8332

Affected Software


Windows 7 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 1,
Windows 7 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1,
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation),
Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 1,
Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1,
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation),
Windows Server 2012,
Windows Server 2012 (Server Core installation),
Windows 8.1 for 32-bit systems,
Windows 8.1 for x64-based systems,
Windows Server 2012 R2,
Windows RT 8.1,
Windows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation),
Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems,
Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac,
Windows 10 for x64-based Systems,
Windows Server 2016,
Windows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems,
Windows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems,
Windows Server 2016 (Server Core installation),
Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 32-bit editions,
Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 64-bit editions,
Windows 10 Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems,
Windows 10 Version 1703 for x64-based Systems,
Windows 10 Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems,
Windows 10 Version 1709 for x64-based Systems,
Windows Server, version 1709 (Server Core Installation),
Windows 10 Version 1803 for 32-bit Systems,
Windows 10 Version 1803 for x64-based Systems,
Windows Server, version 1803 (Server Core Installation),
Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-Based Systems Service Pack 2,
Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2,
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2,
Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)