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 Excel Viewer, Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Office Word Viewer.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

21.3% · top 2.4% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• Remote Code Execution

Affected products

• Microsoft · Microsoft Excel Viewer

  • affected Microsoft Excel Viewer

• Microsoft · Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer

  • affected Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer

• Microsoft · Microsoft Office

  • affected 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 32-bit editions
  • affected 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 64-bit editions
  • affected 2016 for Mac
  • affected Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3

• Microsoft · Microsoft Office Word Viewer

  • affected Microsoft Office Word Viewer

References (3)

• 1041252 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 104609 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8281 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2018-8281](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2018-8281.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2018-8281)

Record last updated 5 Aug 2024, 06:54 UTC.