How severe is CVE-2018-0824?

CVE-2018-0824 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 73.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2018-0824: Microsoft COM for Windows Deserialization of Untrusted

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Microsoft COM for Windows Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2024-08-05

Remediation due

2024-08-26

Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA notes
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2018-0824; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0824

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in "Microsoft COM for Windows" when it fails to properly handle serialized objects, aka "Microsoft COM for Windows Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows 7, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 10, Windows 10 Servers.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

4 Links

Exploits & PoCs

44906

Vulnerability databases

Other references

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0824

Record Details

Published

2018-05-09

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

microsoft

Credited to

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