CVE-2018-0798 — Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability

provenance: imported · CVE: CVE-2018-0798

CVE-2018-0798: Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)


Vendor / project	Microsoft
Product	Office
Date added	2021-11-03
Due date	2022-05-03
Ransomware campaign use	Unknown

Description

Microsoft Office contains a memory corruption vulnerability due to the way objects are handled in memory. Successful exploitation allows for remote code execution in the context of the current user. This vulnerability is known to be chained with CVE-2018-0802.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0798

References

NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0798
KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog