High severity8.8CISA KEVNVD Advisory· Published Jan 10, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-0798
CVE-2018-0798
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".
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Affected products
14(expand)+ 5 more
- (no CPE)
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:*:*:click-to-run:*:*:*
- Microsoft Corporation/Equation Editorv5Range: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013, and Microsoft Office 2016
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:-:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
5- portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0798nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102370nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153nvdBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- 0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/bringing-abandoned-equation-editor-back.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalognvdUS Government Resource
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