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CVE-2018-8553

INDEX BUILT · 2026-09-20

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A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Graphics Components handle objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Graphics…

CVE-2018-85534 of 4 sources documented this
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rank 31 = 5 + 20 + 1 + 5 + 0

rank@v1 · scheduled

Someone is already using it

CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS

EPSS 0.19059  ·  without this subject the record ranks 26

What it costs you if it fires

NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own

CVSS 7.8, from NVD  ·  without this subject the record ranks 11

It is getting worse, not staying still

FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed

rose on 2025-11-08  ·  without this subject the record ranks 30

How much of the world it touches

NVD CPE configurations

3 products in the CPE ranges  ·  without this subject the record ranks 26

Someone else already set the date

CISA KEV remediation due date

no CISA due date  ·  without this subject the record ranks 31

Unaudited dollar value2 of 3 inputs carry a receipt
Exposure$951,000over the next 30 days, if this record is yours
Movement-$2.56Mon 2023-08-14, the last material move, 3 years before this reading
Basisassumeda published average, not your estate

$951,000 = $4.99M incident cost x 1 exposure x 0.19059 likelihood

udv@v1 · unaudited · wrong for you until you say what you run

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Hindsight · the state

0.19059EPSSNOT IN KEVas of 2026-09-20
Severity7.8 HIGHreceipt
Harmtotal lossreceipt
Exploitationnone in held sources
Defenseno fix version held
Movementsteadyreceipt
PLATEAU10Minimal movement since 2026-06-15, 83 days at 0.19, as of 2026-09-06. arc-rules@v1

Foresight · where to check next

No weakness class or product neighbourhood is held for this record, so this index cannot name anywhere to check next. That is an absence in the record, not a finding about the software.

Color is a claim, not decoration:the hostile worldthe defenseno signal

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Reachneeds local access · no privileges required · user interaction required · low attack complexityreceipt
ImpactComplete confidentiality, integrity and availability lossreceipt
Scored fromCVSS v3.0 · NVD's vectorreceipt
Weakness classNo CWE mapping in held sources.

CISA KEV & Federal Remediation Deadline from the record and CISA

The fix, and how long it's been waiting.

Fixed inNo fix version in held sources, as the index stood on 6 Sep 2026.
Patch available sinceNo dated patch-availability record in held sources. The index holds reference URLs without dates and only the current revision of the CVE record, so the day a fix first existed cannot be derived. Only the versions it landed in.

Exploit Status & Known PoCs a ladder, not a score

Current rung: Nothing observed in held sources.

  • RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
  • RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published
  • RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed
  • RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known

Authority who says so

CVSS, NVD7.8 HIGHreceipt
Exploit probability0.19059 · top 3% of all CVEsreceipt
Blast breadth2 products across 1 vendorderived
Assigned bymicrosoftreceipt
Recorded changes50 · last 19 Sep 2026derived

Affected & Fixed Versions as published

Affected productMicrosoft Windows 7; Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2; Microsoft Windows RT 8.1; Microsoft Windows Server 2008; Microsoft Windows Server 2012; Microsoft Windows 8.1; Microsoft Windows Server 2016…receipt
Published rangesmicrosoft windows 10 1607; microsoft windows server 2008 r2; microsoft windows server 2012 r2receipt

A rung lights from a row in the index, never from an assessment. "Held sources" is the true scope of the claim: this index reads the CVE record, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST's EPSS and public proof-of-concept repositories, and it does not observe attacks.

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What it is stated by the CNA

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Graphics Components handle objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Graphics Components 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. receipt

NVD's analysis a second authority

severity
7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
affected versions
microsoft windows 10 1607; microsoft windows server 2008 r2; microsoft windows server 2012 r2

check it yourself portal.msrc.microsoft.com securitytracker.com securityfocus.com receipt

Dated events

2023-03-07EPSS moved 0.35 to 0.622023-08-14EPSS moved 0.73 to 0.222026-06-15EPSS moved 0.29 to 0.19

Movement the material steps

14 Apr 20210.17549
30 Oct 20220.31104
7 Mar 20230.61827 · crossed 0.50 · scoring model v2023.03.01
11 Apr 20230.72377
26 Apr 20230.62303
27 May 20230.75639
9 Jun 20230.63190
14 Aug 20230.21823 · crossed 0.50
12 Dec 20230.32128
23 Feb 20240.21540
17 Mar 20250.28354 · scoring model v2025.03.14
26 May 20250.16307
8 Mar 20260.30512
15 Jun 20260.19059 · scoring model v2026.06.15
6 Sep 20260.19059
Show all 50 observations
14 Apr 20210.17549
4 Feb 20220.17269
10 May 20220.21361
20 Aug 20220.23099
26 Sep 20220.27139
30 Oct 20220.31104
14 Dec 20220.32419
6 Mar 20230.34599
7 Mar 20230.61827
27 Mar 20230.71215
11 Apr 20230.72377
26 Apr 20230.62303
27 May 20230.75639
9 Jun 20230.63190
29 Jun 20230.69611
11 Jul 20230.56022
31 Jul 20230.73062
14 Aug 20230.21823
7 Nov 20230.24274
25 Nov 20230.25451
12 Dec 20230.32128
5 Feb 20240.27631
23 Feb 20240.21540
6 Apr 20240.23611
27 Apr 20240.23481
30 Jul 20240.29880
29 Aug 20240.23503
23 Sep 20240.21216
24 Oct 20240.17011
29 Nov 20240.16074
17 Dec 20240.18423
17 Mar 20250.28354
19 Mar 20250.19365
29 Mar 20250.30369
30 Mar 20250.19365
26 May 20250.16307
28 May 20250.16422
30 Aug 20250.16169
15 Oct 20250.15674
8 Nov 20250.24873
18 Nov 20250.23487
21 Nov 20250.24873
8 Mar 20260.30512
4 Apr 20260.32803
2 May 20260.29479
15 Jun 20260.19059
23 Aug 20260.17386
30 Aug 20260.19059
5 Sep 20260.17386
6 Sep 20260.19059

50 observations held. A highlighted step crossed a promotion threshold. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the instrument was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed. receipt

The full biography

EPSS 0.19059Published2018-11-14Index as of2026-09-06

The record had been public for 7 years, 9 months when this index was last written.

Published 2018-11-14 receipt · Index as of 2026-09-06 derived

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