CVE-2018-0802: Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability
High · CVSS 7.8 (CVSS 3.1)KEV known exploitedEPSS 93.3%, 100th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: microsoft
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability.
Added , federal remediation due . Known ransomware use: Known.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
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.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Microsoft Corporation: Equation Editor
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- 0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-bug-that-killed-equation-editor-how.html (opens in new tab)
- github.com/rxwx/CVE-2018-0802 (opens in new tab)
- github.com/zldww2011/CVE-2018-0802_POC (opens in new tab)
- portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0802 (opens in new tab)
- research.checkpoint.com/another-office-equation-rce-vulnerability/ (opens in new tab)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/102347 (opens in new tab)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)