CVE-2018-0802 (GCVE-0-2018-0802)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-01-10 01:00 – Updated: 2025-10-21 23:45
VLAI? CISA
Summary
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.
CWE
  • Remote Code Execution
Assigner
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Corporation Equation Editor Affected: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013, and Microsoft Office 2016
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Data from the CISA 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-2018-0802

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