CVE-2018-0851: microsoft corporation microsoft office Out-of-bounds Write
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2018-0851 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in microsoft corporation microsoft office. EPSS estimates a 19.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 15-02-2018PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 15-10-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Microsoft Office 2007 SP2, Microsoft Office Word Viewer, Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Microsoft Office 2013 SP1 and RT SP1, Microsoft Office 2016, and Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) allow a remote code execution vulnerability, due to how Office handles objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE is unique from CVE-2018-0852.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 1 source · 2 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
19.11%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
97%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 19.11% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Microsoft3 products
- officeEOL2007 | 2016
- office_word_viewerna
- outlook2010:sp2 | 2013:sp1 | 2016
Microsoft corporation1 product
- microsoft officeMicrosoft Office 2007 SP2, Microsoft Office Word Viewer, Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Microsoft Office 2013 SP1 and RT SP1, Microsoft Office 2016, and Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R).
2 vendors · 4 products
References
3 links
portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0851X Refsource CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory