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CVE-2018-0851

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 19.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-02-15 · updated 2026-10-15
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Microsoft Office 2007 SP2, Microsoft Office Word Viewer, Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Microsoft Office 2013 SP1 and RT SP1, Microsoft Office 2016, and Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) allow a remote code execution vulnerability, due to how Office handles objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE is unique from CVE-2018-0852.

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: 2007, 2016
• Microsoft Office Word Viewer: all versions
• Microsoft Outlook: 2010-sp2, 2013-sp1, 2016
• Microsoft Office: Microsoft Office 2007 SP2, Microsoft Office Word Viewer, Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Microsoft Office 2013 SP1 and RT SP1, Microsoft Office 2016, and Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R).

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102870
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040381
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0851
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102870
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040381
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-0851

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