CVE-2018-8628 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint and related Office products, including SharePoint and Office 365 ProPlus, stemming from improper memory handling. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L), allowing an attacker to achieve full confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise (C:H/I:H/A:H) if exploited. While no public exploit code exists (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB: None) and it is not listed on the KEV catalog, it garnered significant community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure, indicating notable attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2016CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:*:*:*:mac_os_x:*:* | ||
2019CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2019CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_365_proplus:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:-:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.