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CVE-2018-0802

Published: Jan 10, 2018

Modified: Oct 21, 2025

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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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft Corporation	Equation Editor	affected `Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013, and Microsoft Office 2016`

References

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

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https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2018-0802

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vdb-entry

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https://0patch.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-bug-that-killed-equation-editor-how.html

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vdb-entry

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https://github.com/zldww2011/CVE-2018-0802_POC

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https://research.checkpoint.com/another-office-equation-rce-vulnerability/

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