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CVE-2018-8161

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory,…

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Word, Word, Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8157, CVE-2018-8158.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By microsoft

  2. · 56 days later

    Published

  3. · 6 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2018-8161, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.0High7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
21.3% · top 2.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Affected products

  • Microsoft · Microsoft Word

    • affected 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
    • affected 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
    • affected 2013 RT Service Pack 1
    • affected 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
    • affected 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
    • affected 2016 (32-bit edition)
    • affected 2016 (64-bit edition)
  • Microsoft · Word

    • affected Automation Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2
    • affected Automation Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft · Microsoft Office

    • affected 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
    • affected 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
    • affected Web Apps 2010 Service Pack 2
    • affected Web Apps Server 2013 Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft · Microsoft SharePoint

    • affected Enterprise Server 2016

References

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Sources

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