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CVE-2018-0798

Known Exploited (CISA KEV)HIGH
8.8
CVSS Severity Score
EPSS Score80.9230%
EPSS Percentile85.54th
PublishedJan 10, 2018
Last ModifiedOct 28, 2025

Vulnerability 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 Platforms (CPE)

📦
Microsoft

Office

= 2007
📦
Microsoft

Office

= 2010
📦
Microsoft

Office

= 2013
📦
Microsoft

Office

= 2016
📦
Microsoft

Office

= 2016
📦
Microsoft

Office Compatibility Pack

All versions
📦
Microsoft

Word

= 2007
📦
Microsoft

Word

= 2010
📦
Microsoft

Word

= 2013
📦
Microsoft

Word

= 2013
📦
Microsoft

Word

= 2016

References & Advisories

🔗 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
🔗 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

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