CVE-2018-0812: microsoft corporation equation editor Out-of-bounds Write

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-0812 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in microsoft corporation equation editor. EPSS estimates a 23.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-01-2018
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 17-09-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Equation Editor in Microsoft Office 2003, 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 Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability".

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