Actively exploited in the wild
Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Microsoft - Office · Listed in the CISA KEV since 2021-11-03. This indicates confirmed attacks in production environments.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CVE-2018-0802
HighCVSS 7.8KEVSummary
Equation Editor in Microsoft Office 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2016 has a remote code execution vulnerability due to improper handling of objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability'. This CVE is unique from CVE-2018-0797 and CVE-2018-0812.
Risk Assessment
The risk is potential remote code execution when opening malicious Office documents, which could lead to system compromise.
Recommendation
Apply the security updates released by Microsoft for Office immediately and exercise caution when opening documents from untrusted sources.
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Original NVD description (English source)
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.