# Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2: An information disclosure vulnerability exists in the Windows kernel that could allow an…

CVE record · `CVE-2018-0968`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2018-0968`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** microsoft
- **Technologies:** [Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-server-2012-r2.md) · [Microsoft Windows RT 8.1](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-rt-8-1.md) · [Microsoft Windows Server 2016](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-server-2016.md) · [Microsoft Windows 8.1](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-8-1.md) · [Microsoft Windows 10](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-10.md) · [Microsoft Windows 10 Servers](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-windows-10-servers.md)
- **Published:** 12 Apr 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 12 Apr 2018, 01:00 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows Server 2012 R2.
  - affected: `(Server Core installation)`
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows RT 8.1.
  - affected: `Windows RT 8.1`
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows Server 2016.
  - affected: `(Server Core installation)`
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows 8.1.
  - affected: `32-bit systems`
  - affected: `x64-based systems`
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows 10.
  - affected: `32-bit Systems`
  - affected: `Version 1511 for 32-bit Systems`
  - affected: `Version 1511 for x64-based Systems`
  - affected: `Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems`
  - affected: `Version 1607 for x64-based Systems`
  - affected: `Version 1703 for 32-bit Systems`
  - affected: `Version 1703 for x64-based Systems`
  - affected: `Version 1709 for 32-bit Systems`
  - affected: `Version 1709 for x64-based Systems`
  - affected: `x64-based Systems`
- Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Windows 10 Servers.
  - affected: `version 1709 (Server Core Installation)`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.035, the 89th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 12 Apr 2018. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2018-0968](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0968)
- [NVD: CVE-2018-0968](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0968)

### References from the CNA

- <http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103643> (vdb-entry, bid)
- <http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040657> (vdb-entry, sectrack)
- <https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0968> (confirm)
- <https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44465/> (exploit, exploit-db)

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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