CVE-2018-0802
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.8 High
- Published
- Jan 10, 2018
- Updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- Reserved
- Dec 1, 2017
Description
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.8 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Equation EditorMicrosoft Corporation |
|
References
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0802
- https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2018-0802
- 1040153vdb-entry
- https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-bug-that-killed-equation-editor-how.html
- 102347vdb-entry
- https://github.com/zldww2011/CVE-2018-0802_POC
- https://research.checkpoint.com/another-office-equation-rce-vulnerability/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-0802government-resource
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