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CVE-2018-0798

Equation Editor in Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013, and Microsoft Office 2016 allows a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way objects are handled in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability".

Published

2018-01-10T01:29:00.713

Last Modified

2025-10-28T14:14:05.570

Status

Analyzed

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-787
Type: Secondary
CWE-787

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	microsoft	office	2007	Yes
Application	microsoft	office	2010	Yes
Application	microsoft	office	2013	Yes
Application	microsoft	office	2016	Yes
Application	microsoft	office	2016	Yes
Application	microsoft	office_compatibility_pack	-	Yes
Application	microsoft	word	2007	Yes
Application	microsoft	word	2010	Yes
Application	microsoft	word	2013	Yes
Application	microsoft	word	2013	Yes
Application	microsoft	word	2016	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102370 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/bringing-abandoned-equation-editor-back.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0798 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102370 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/bringing-abandoned-equation-editor-back.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0798 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-0798 US Government Resource (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)