CVE-2018-8628
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft PowerPoint software when the software fails to properly handle objects in…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 15.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft PowerPoint software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Microsoft PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office, Office 365 ProPlus, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer, Office Online Server, Microsoft SharePoint Server.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 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
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.9% · top 3.1% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected 2016 for Mac
- affected 2019 for 32-bit editions
- affected 2019 for 64-bit editions
- affected 2019 for Mac
- affected Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3
- affected Web Apps 2010 Service Pack 2
- affected Web Apps 2013 Service Pack 1
Microsoft · Microsoft PowerPoint
- 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 · Microsoft SharePoint
- affected Enterprise Server 2016
Microsoft · Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer
- affected Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer
- affected 365 ProPlus for 32-bit Systems
- affected 365 ProPlus for 64-bit Systems
Microsoft · Office Online Server
- affected Office Online Server
Microsoft · Microsoft SharePoint Server
- affected 2013 Service Pack 1
- affected 2019
References
2
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8628 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 106104 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-20240 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2018-8628)Record last updated .