CVE-2018-0798
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-01-10 01:00
Modified
2025-02-07 16:38
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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".
References
| ▼ | URL | Tags | |
|---|---|---|---|
| secure@microsoft.com | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102370 | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Broken Link | |
| secure@microsoft.com | http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153 | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Broken Link | |
| secure@microsoft.com | https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/bringing-abandoned-equation-editor-back.html | Third Party Advisory | |
| secure@microsoft.com | https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0798 | Patch, Vendor Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102370 | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Broken Link | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153 | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry, Broken Link | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/bringing-abandoned-equation-editor-back.html | Third Party Advisory | |
| af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0798 | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
Impacted products
| ▼ | Vendor | Product |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Corporation | Equation Editor |
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