CVE-2018-8437 — A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V Network Switch o

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V Network Switch on a host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system, aka "Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10, Windows 1

01What is this vulnerability?

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V Network Switch on a host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system, aka "Windows Hyper-V Denial of Service Vulnerability." This affects Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8436, CVE-2018-8438.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Windows 10	Version 1803 for x64-based Systems
Microsoft	Windows 10 Servers	version 1803 (Server Core Installation)

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T06:54:36.438Z

09References

• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105237
• portal.msrc.microsoft.com — https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8437
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041624