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Actively exploited · Published Jan 10, 2018 · Assigned by microsoft

CVE-2018-0802

High 7.8 Exploited Ransomware

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds write in Equation Editor from Microsoft Corporation. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on November 3, 2021). It has been used in ransomware campaigns. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 93.3% (higher than 99.8% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)93.3%top 0.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Nov 3, 2021
Attack tooling1Public PoC

CISA guidance

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal agencies must remediate by May 3, 2022.

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Microsoft Corporation Equation Editor Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013, and Microsoft Office 2016

Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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