CVE-2018-0798
highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.951 · 100 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUSadded 2021-11-03remediate by 2022-05-03
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EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability
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".
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- Sunqiz/CVE-2018-0798-reproductionCVE-2018-0798复现PoC · poc_in_github
affected products (21)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Microsoft Corporation Equation Editor≤ Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013, and Microsoft Office 2016enisa_euvdEU
- microsoft office compatibility packall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
also known as (6)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
sources
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references (13)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153cnnvd
- https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/bringing-abandoned-equation-editor-back.htmlcnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0798cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102370cnnvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102370enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153enisa_euvd
- https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/bringing-abandoned-equation-editor-back.htmlenisa_euvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0798enisa_euvd
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