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".
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 8.8 High
- Status
- Analyzed - secure@microsoft.com
- Published
- 2018-01-10
- Last modified
- 2025-10-21
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- since 2021-11-03, action due 2022-05-03: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Affected products
- Office (Microsoft)
- Office Compatibility Pack (Microsoft)
- Word (Microsoft)
- Equation Editor (Microsoft Corporation)
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102370
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153
- https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/bringing-abandoned-equation-editor-back.html
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0798
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-0798
