CVE-2018-0798 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 mem...
HighCVSS 8.8
EPSS 95.1%
CISA KEV
added 2021-11-03 · due 2022-05-03
Exploited in the wild
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- Exploited in the wild (confirmed)
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 Known Exploited Vulnerability
- Date added
- 2021-11-03
- Due date (FCEB)
- 2022-05-03
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft office | = 2007-sp3 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft office | = 2010-sp2 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft office | = 2013-sp1 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft office | = 2016 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft office compatibility pack | All versions | No fix listed |
| Microsoft word | = 2007-sp3 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft word | = 2010-sp2 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft word | = 2013-sp1 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft word | = 2016 | No fix listed |
| Microsoft Equation Editor | = Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013, and Microsoft Office 2016 | No fix listed |
References
- 102370 broken-link third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- 1040153 broken-link third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- 0patch.blogspot.com third-party-advisory
- portal.msrc.microsoft.com patch vendor-advisory
- www.cisa.gov government-resource us-government-resource