Rather than patch the flaw, Microsoft has decided to remove Equation Editor from Word altogether and has recommended using a third-party app called MathType to edit equations in the removed software.

Hackers used specially-crafted Microsoft Word documents during the last few months to abuse an Integer Overflow bug that helped them bypass sandbox and anti-malware solutions and exploit the ...

Wrestling with Word’s equation editor can be frustrating, but it doesn’t have to be. A few simple tricks can make typing and formatting math equations a breeze—no more clunky menus or ...

Word seems like an odd choice to use with mathematical equations, but the reality is Microsoft Word is a great choice. Word has a gallery of built-in equations, and you can enter your own ...

Microsoft’s Equation Editor was included in earlier versions of Word but was removed from all versions in the January 2018 Public Update because of security issues with its implementation.

Microsoft on Tuesday patched a 17-year-old remote code execution bug found in an Office executable called Microsoft Equation Editor.

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Equation Editor lacks all of the protections found in Microsoft's recent code, making its flaws much easier to exploit than those of, say, Word or Windows.