gsd-2018-0798
Vulnerability from gsd
Modified
2023-12-13 01:22
Details
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".
Aliases
Aliases



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