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high 8.8

CVE-2018-8634 in the critical feed json

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows where Microsoft text-to-speech fails to properly handle objects in the memory, aka…

published 2018-12-12 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-20245

cvss
8.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
15.4%
EPSS 15.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows where Microsoft text-to-speech fails to properly handle objects in the memory, aka "Microsoft Text-To-Speech Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Windows Server 2016, Windows 10, Windows Server 2019, Windows 10 Servers.

Patch / fix

Exploit prediction

15.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016
  • Microsoft Windows 10
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2019
  • Microsoft Windows 10 Servers

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.