# 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 memory, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability".

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2018-0798
- CVSS: 8.8
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2021-11-03; CISA due date 2022-05-03
- EPSS: 95.12% (percentile 99.9)
- Unvetted proof-of-concept code on GitHub: 1 GitHub proof of concept (first 2022-08-19)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable no, technical impact total (assessed 2025-02-07)
- Weakness: CWE-787
- Published: 2018-01-10

## Affected versions

- Microsoft Corporation Equation Editor: affected Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013, and Microsoft Office 2016

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [other] http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102370
- [other] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153
- [other] https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0798
- [other] https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/bringing-abandoned-equation-editor-back.html
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-0798

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