CVE-2018-0797
Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013, and Microsoft Office 2016 allow a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way RTF content is handled, aka "Microsoft Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability".
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 24.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Microsoft Office 2010, Microsoft Office 2013, and Microsoft Office 2016 allow a remote code execution vulnerability due to the way RTF content is handled, aka "Microsoft Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability".
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 24.66% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- microsoft/office · microsoft/office compatibility pack · microsoft/office online server · microsoft/office web apps · microsoft/office web apps server · microsoft/sharepoint enterprise server · microsoft/sharepoint server · microsoft/word · microsoft/word viewer
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS moved from 23.4% on 21 September 2026 to 24.7% on 27 October 2026, peaking at 24.8% on 22 September 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102406Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0797Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102406Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040153Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0797Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.