CVE-2018-0802
highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.933 · 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 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.
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 (6)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- Ridter/RTF_11882_0802PoC for CVE-2018-0802 And CVE-2017-11882PoC · poc_in_github
- likekabin/CVE-2018-0802_CVE-2017-11882likekabin/CVE-2018-0802_CVE-2017-11882PoC · poc_in_github
- roninAPT/CVE-2018-0802roninAPT/CVE-2018-0802PoC · 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)
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sources
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references (23)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102347cnnvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153cnnvd
- https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-bug-that-killed-equation-editor-how.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2018-0802cnnvd
- https://github.com/zldww2011/CVE-2018-0802_POCcnnvd
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0802cnnvd
- https://research.checkpoint.com/another-office-equation-rce-vulnerability/cnnvd
- https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102347cnnvd
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