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CVE-2018-0802

HIGHCISA KEV

7.8

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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published1/10/2018

Last Modified10/28/2025

Sourcekev

Honeypot Sightings0

CISA KEV

VendorMicrosoft

ProductOffice

Vulnerability NameMicrosoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability

KEV Date Added2021-11-03

Remediation Due Date2022-05-03

Ransomware UseUnknown

Affected Products

microsoft:officemicrosoft:office_compatibility_packmicrosoft:word

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-787CWE-787

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102347(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153(secure@microsoft.com)

https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-bug-that-killed-equation-editor-how.html(secure@microsoft.com)

https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2018-0802(secure@microsoft.com)

https://github.com/zldww2011/CVE-2018-0802_POC(secure@microsoft.com)

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0802(secure@microsoft.com)

https://research.checkpoint.com/another-office-equation-rce-vulnerability/(secure@microsoft.com)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102347(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-bug-that-killed-equation-editor-how.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2018-0802(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/zldww2011/CVE-2018-0802_POC(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0802(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://research.checkpoint.com/another-office-equation-rce-vulnerability/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2018-0802(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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