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CVE-2018-0798

8.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2018-01-10 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability — Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office contains a memory corruption vulnerability due to the way objects are handled in memory. Successful exploitation allows for remote code execution in the context of the current user. This vulnerability is known to be chained with CVE-2018-0802.

Added to KEV: 2021-11-03
Remediation due: 2022-05-03
Ransomware use: Unknown
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0798

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2018-01-10
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0): 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses: CWE-787

Description

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".

Affected configurations

• microsoft office 2007 • microsoft office 2010 • microsoft office 2013 • microsoft office 2016 • microsoft office compatibility pack • microsoft word 2007 • microsoft word 2010 • microsoft word 2013 • microsoft word 2016

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References