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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
CVE-2018-8231 HTTP Protocol Stack Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Windows 10 Critical 13-06-2018

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when HTTP Protocol Stack (Http.sys) improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code and take control of the affected system.

Detailed Information on the risk:
To exploit the vulnerability, in most situations, an unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted packet to a targeted Http.sys server.
The security update fixes this vulnerability by correcting how HTTP Protocol Stack(Http.sys) handles objects in memory.

Further information on this exploit is available at : CVE-2018-8231

Affected Software


Windows 10 for 32-bit Systems
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)
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)