CVE-2018-8312 Memory corruption in Microsoft Access

What is CVE-2018-8312?

CVE-2018-8312 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Office, published on 11 Jul 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Access fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Access Remote Code Execution Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-8312?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office.

How do I fix CVE-2018-8312?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-8312 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2018-8312 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-8312 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office

• CVE-2007-0671 Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2000-0788 Code injection in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2015-2503 Security feature bypass in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2013-3155 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2013-3156 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.3

All Microsoft Office vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-jjxr-vhf2-g6pf.