CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-0802
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-2018-0798.
- Added to KEV
- 2021-11-03
- Remediation due
- 2022-05-03
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Notes
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0802
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2018-01-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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 allow a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way objects are handled in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE is unique from CVE-2018-0797 and CVE-2018-0812.
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
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102347 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-bug-that-killed-equation-editor-how.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2018-0802 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/zldww2011/CVE-2018-0802_POC Third Party Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0802 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://research.checkpoint.com/another-office-equation-rce-vulnerability/ Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102347 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-bug-that-killed-equation-editor-how.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2018-0802 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/zldww2011/CVE-2018-0802_POC Third Party Advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0802 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://research.checkpoint.com/another-office-equation-rce-vulnerability/ Exploit
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-0802 US Government Resource