CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-8611

Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

Published: Dec 12, 2018 | Modified: Apr 08, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when the Windows kernel fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka Windows Kernel Elevation of Privilege 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.

Weakness 

The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.

Affected Software 

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Windows_10_1607 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_10_1703 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_10_1709 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_10_1803 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_10_1809 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_7 Microsoft –sp1 (including) –sp1 (including)
Windows_8.1 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_rt_8.1 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_server_2008 Microsoft –sp2 (including) –sp2 (including)
Windows_server_2008 Microsoft r2 (including) r2 (including)
Windows_server_2012 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_server_2012 Microsoft r2 (including) r2 (including)
Windows_server_2016 Microsoft - (including) - (including)
Windows_server_2019 Microsoft - (including) - (including)

Potential Mitigations 

  • Use a language that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
  • For example, languages such as Java, Ruby, and Lisp perform automatic garbage collection that releases memory for objects that have been deallocated.

References