# CVE-2018-0798: Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability

> CVE-2018-0798: Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability. CVSS 8.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2018-0798
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:45:57Z

- Published: 2018-01-10 01:00 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:45 UTC · Assigner: microsoft
- CVSS: 8.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 95.1%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2021-11-03, federal due date 2022-05-03, ransomware use: Unknown

## Description

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".

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- Microsoft Corporation: Equation Editor

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0798)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0798)
- [https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/bringing-abandoned-equation-editor-back.html](https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/bringing-abandoned-equation-editor-back.html)
- [https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0798](https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0798)
- [http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102370](http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102370)
- [http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153](http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153)

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