CVE-2018-0797: microsoft corporation microsoft office Out-of-bounds Write

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-0797 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in microsoft corporation microsoft office. EPSS estimates a 24.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-01-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 16-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013, and Microsoft Office 2016 allow a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way RTF content is handled, aka "Microsoft Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability".

• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteThe product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.