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CVE-2018-0798

INDEX BUILT · 2026-09-20

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Equation Editor in Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013, and Microsoft Office 2016 allows a remote code execution…

CVE-2018-07984 of 4 sources documented this
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rank 75 = 40 + 22 + 0 + 7 + 6

rank@v1 · act now

Someone is already using it

CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS

EPSS 0.95121 · CISA KEV listed  ·  without this subject the record ranks 35

What it costs you if it fires

NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own

CVSS 8.8, from NVD  ·  without this subject the record ranks 53

It is getting worse, not staying still

FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed

no persisting rise in 365 days  ·  without this subject the record ranks 75

How much of the world it touches

NVD CPE configurations

8 products in the CPE ranges  ·  without this subject the record ranks 68

Someone else already set the date

CISA KEV remediation due date

CISA remediation date held  ·  without this subject the record ranks 69

Unaudited dollar value2 of 3 inputs carry a receipt
Exposure$4.75Mover the next 30 days, if this record is yours
Movement+$252,000on 2025-11-21, the last material move, 9 months before this reading
Basisassumeda published average, not your estate

$4.75M = $4.99M incident cost x 1 exposure x 0.95121 likelihood

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Hindsight · the state

0.95121EPSSKEV · LISTED
Severity8.8 HIGHreceipt
Harmtotal lossreceipt
Exploitationin the wild · KEVreceipt
Defenseno fix version held
Movementrisenreceipt
PLATEAU10Minimal movement since 2023-03-07, 1277 days at 0.95, as of 2026-09-04. arc-rules@v1

Foresight · where to check next

Google ChromeMicrosoftFortinetFortinet0798

This record is one instance of CWE-787, out-of-bounds write. The index holds 14893 prior instances of this class, 164 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. taxonomy@v1

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Color is a claim, not decoration:the hostile worldthe defenseno signalspoke length is how much of the record matches, not how bad it is

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Reachnetwork-reachable · no privileges required · user interaction required · low attack complexityreceipt
ImpactComplete confidentiality, integrity and availability lossreceipt
Scored fromCVSS v3.1 · NVD's vectorreceipt
Weakness classCWE-787 Out-of-bounds Writereceipt
Published consequencesCWE-787: Integrity: Modify Memory, Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands; Availability: DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart; Other: Unexpected State[email protected]
Ransomware campaign useUnknown to CISAreceipt

CISA KEV & Federal Remediation Deadline from the record and CISA

The fix, and how long it's been waiting.

Fixed inNo fix version in held sources, as the index stood on 4 Sep 2026.
Patch available sinceNo dated patch-availability record in held sources. The index holds reference URLs without dates and only the current revision of the CVE record, so the day a fix first existed cannot be derived. Only the versions it landed in.
CISA remediation statusoverdue since 2022-05-03receipt
CISA required actionApply updates per vendor instructions.receipt
Published to CISA KEV1393 daysderived

Exploit Status & Known PoCs a ladder, not a score

Current rung: Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed, 2021-11-03.

  • RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
  • RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published · 1 public repository2022-08-19receipt
  • RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed2021-11-03receipt
  • RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known

Authority who says so

CVSS, NVD8.8 HIGHreceipt
Exploit probability0.95121 · top 0.14% of all CVEsreceipt
Blast breadth2 products across 1 vendorderived
Assigned bymicrosoftreceipt
Recorded changes57 · last 18 Sep 2026derived

Affected & Fixed Versions as published

Affected productMicrosoft Corporation Equation Editorreceipt
Published rangesmicrosoft office 2007; microsoft office 2010; microsoft office 2013; microsoft office 2016receipt
Show all 8 published ranges
microsoft office 2007
microsoft office 2010
microsoft office 2013
microsoft office 2016
microsoft word 2007
microsoft word 2010
microsoft word 2013
microsoft word 2016

A rung lights from a row in the index, never from an assessment. "Held sources" is the true scope of the claim: this index reads the CVE record, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST's EPSS and public proof-of-concept repositories, and it does not observe attacks.

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What it is stated by the CNA

Equation Editor in 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 Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability". receipt

NVD's analysis a second authority

severity
8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
weakness
CWE-787
affected versions
microsoft office 2007; microsoft office 2010; microsoft office 2013; and 5 more, listed in full below
also scored by
8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

check it yourself securityfocus.com securitytracker.com portal.msrc.microsoft.com 0patch.blogspot.com receipt

Dated events

2021-11-03Added to CISA KEV2022-02-04EPSS moved 0.18 to 0.432022-05-03CISA remediation due2023-03-07EPSS moved 0.66 to 0.972025-11-21EPSS moved 0.89 to 0.94

Movement the material steps

14 Apr 20210.17861
4 Feb 20220.42807
31 Aug 20220.64364 · crossed 0.50
7 Mar 20230.97071 · crossed 0.90 · scoring model v2023.03.01
12 Aug 20240.88308 · crossed 0.90
22 Sep 20240.90617 · crossed 0.90
17 Mar 20250.9418 · scoring model v2025.03.14
18 Nov 20250.89029 · crossed 0.90
21 Nov 20250.94087 · crossed 0.90
15 Jun 20260.95182 · scoring model v2026.06.15
28 Aug 20260.95121
Show all 43 observations
14 Apr 20210.17861
4 Feb 20220.42807
31 Aug 20220.64364
6 Oct 20220.65859
7 Mar 20230.97071
16 Mar 20230.97008
3 Apr 20230.96887
20 Apr 20230.96920
8 May 20230.97331
2 Jun 20230.97357
23 Jun 20230.97194
8 Jul 20230.97001
12 Jul 20230.96869
5 Aug 20230.96766
29 Aug 20230.95523
25 Sep 20230.94862
25 Oct 20230.93535
19 Nov 20230.93857
20 Dec 20230.91620
26 May 20240.91318
5 Jul 20240.90578
12 Aug 20240.88308
22 Sep 20240.90617
17 Dec 20240.94203
22 Jan 20250.94797
4 Mar 20250.94134
17 Mar 20250.9418
19 Mar 20250.94202
20 Mar 20250.9418
27 Mar 20250.94202
28 Mar 20250.9418
29 Mar 20250.94202
30 Mar 20250.9418
22 Oct 20250.94087
18 Nov 20250.89029
21 Nov 20250.94087
20 Dec 20250.94056
27 Feb 20260.94032
8 Mar 20260.94056
15 Jun 20260.95182
21 Jun 20260.95121
24 Jul 20260.9099
28 Aug 20260.95121

43 observations held. A highlighted step crossed a promotion threshold. A step marked with a scoring model moved because the instrument was replaced, not because the vulnerability changed. receipt

The full biography

EPSS 0.95121Published2018-01-10CISA KEV2021-11-03Public PoC2022-08-19Index as of2026-09-04

Listed by CISA 1393 days after it published and the record had been public for 8 years, 7 months when this index was last written.

Published 2018-01-10 receipt · CISA KEV 2021-11-03 receipt · Public PoC 2022-08-19 receipt · Index as of 2026-09-04 derived

The pattern, elsewhere

This record is one instance of CWE-787, out-of-bounds write. The index holds 14893 prior instances of this class, 164 KEV-listed. The nearest of its KEV-listed records are drawn beside this. [email protected]

CVE-2022-2294 · Google Chromematches 8 of 9KEV listed · 2022receipt
CVE-2020-0968 · Microsoft Internet Explorer 9matches 8 of 9KEV listed · 2020receipt
CVE-2019-1367 · Microsoft Internet Explorer 9matches 8 of 9KEV listed · 2019receipt
CVE-2024-21762 · Fortinet FortiProxymatches 7 of 9KEV listed · 2024receipt
CVE-2022-42475 · Fortinet FortiProxymatches 7 of 9KEV listed · 2023receipt
CVE-2023-27997 · Fortinet FortiOS-6K7Kmatches 7 of 9KEV listed · 2023receipt

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14893 records in this class held. The six above are drawn from the ones CISA has listed as exploited, ranked by how much of the record matches this one. That is why every one of them is KEV-listed: the pool is, so the colour on those spokes says nothing the pool has not already said.

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microsoft corporation equation editor

Of the 3 records in this family, this is the only one with public proof-of-concept code, and it holds 1 references to it.

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