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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-0801

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 Remote Code Execution…

HIGH 8.8EPSS 24.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 24.4%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

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 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

CVSS 3.0
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
24.40% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
microsoft/office · microsoft/office compatibility pack · microsoft/word
Source
secure@microsoft.com
EPSS trend
0%13%25%21 September 2026: 21.98%22 September 2026: 24.40%27 October 2026: 24.40%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 22.0% on 21 September 2026 to 24.4% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.