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CVE-2018-0802 (GCVE-0-2018-0802)
Vulnerability from nvd
Published
2018-01-10 01:00
Modified
2025-10-21 23:45
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Remote Code Execution
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Corporation Equation Editor Version: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013, and Microsoft Office 2016
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CVE-2018-0798 (GCVE-0-2018-0798)
Vulnerability from nvd
Published
2018-01-10 01:00
Modified
2025-10-21 23:45
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Remote Code Execution
Summary
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Corporation Equation Editor Version: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013, and Microsoft Office 2016
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CVE-2018-0798 (GCVE-0-2018-0798)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-01-10 01:00
Modified
2025-10-21 23:45
Severity ?
8.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Remote Code Execution
Summary
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Corporation Equation Editor Version: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013, and Microsoft Office 2016
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CVE-2018-0802 (GCVE-0-2018-0802)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2018-01-10 01:00
Modified
2025-10-21 23:45
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Remote Code Execution
Summary
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.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Corporation Equation Editor Version: Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013, and Microsoft Office 2016
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