CVE-2018-0798

CVSS V2 High 9.3 CVSS V3 High 8.8
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".
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2018-0798
  • Assigner
  • secure@microsoft.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2018-01-10T01:29:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2020-08-24T17:37:01
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-787 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/787.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:*:*:click-to-run:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:-:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact
  • COMPLETE
  • Base Score
  • 9.3
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 10
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 8.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0798 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102370 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/bringing-abandoned-equation-editor-back.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0798
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0798
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 16:28:46 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 00:48:35 2018-01-10T01:29Z 2018-01-10T01:29:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-03 00:48:36 2020-08-24T17:37:01 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-03 00:48:36 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated