CVE-2018-0798
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-01-10 01:00
Modified
2024-09-16 18:56
Severity ?
Summary
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".
References
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102370Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secure@microsoft.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
secure@microsoft.comhttps://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/bringing-abandoned-equation-editor-back.htmlThird Party Advisory
secure@microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0798Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Microsoft CorporationEquation Editor
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2021-11-03

Due date: 2022-05-03

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0798

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