diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 53a3ec5685a..42729e416ce 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Fixed Issues:
* [#862](https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor-dev/issues/862): Fixed: "Object Styles" group in [Styles Combo](https://ckeditor.com/addon/stylescombo) plugin is visible only if whole element is selected.
* [#994](https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor-dev/pull/994): Fixed: Typo in [`CKEDITOR.focusManager.focus`](https://docs.ckeditor.com/#!/api/CKEDITOR.focusManager-method-focus) API documentation. Thanks to [benjy](https://github.com/benjy)!
* [#1014](https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor-dev/issues/1014): Fixed: [Table Tools](https://ckeditor.com/addon/tabletools) cell properties dialog is now [ACF](http://docs.ckeditor.com/#!/guide/dev_acf) aware - it not possible to change cell width/height if corresponding styles are disabled.
+* [#877](https://github.com/ckeditor/ckeditor-dev/issues/877): Fixed: Lists with custom bullets with exotic characters crashes editor when [pasted from Word](http://ckeditor.com/addon/pastefromword).
Other Changes:
diff --git a/plugins/pastefromword/filter/default.js b/plugins/pastefromword/filter/default.js
index 0098728ff7e..05572c596c0 100644
--- a/plugins/pastefromword/filter/default.js
+++ b/plugins/pastefromword/filter/default.js
@@ -1085,7 +1085,8 @@
symbol = element.attributes[ 'cke-symbol' ];
element.forEach( function( node ) {
- if ( !removed && node.value.match( symbol.replace( ')', '\\)' ).replace( '(', '' ) ) ) {
+ // Since symbol may contains special characters we use `indexOf` (instead of RegExp) which is sufficient (#877).
+ if ( !removed && node.value.indexOf( symbol ) > -1 ) {
node.value = node.value.replace( symbol, '' );
diff --git a/tests/plugins/pastefromword/generated/_fixtures/Unordered_list_special_char_bullet/Unordered_list_special_char_bullet.docx b/tests/plugins/pastefromword/generated/_fixtures/Unordered_list_special_char_bullet/Unordered_list_special_char_bullet.docx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6605e78bc27
Binary files /dev/null and b/tests/plugins/pastefromword/generated/_fixtures/Unordered_list_special_char_bullet/Unordered_list_special_char_bullet.docx differ
diff --git a/tests/plugins/pastefromword/generated/_fixtures/Unordered_list_special_char_bullet/expected.html b/tests/plugins/pastefromword/generated/_fixtures/Unordered_list_special_char_bullet/expected.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d34ecdb1e4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/plugins/pastefromword/generated/_fixtures/Unordered_list_special_char_bullet/expected.html
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+