CVE-2018-4040

HIGH

7.8

Description

An exploitable uninitialized pointer vulnerability exists in the rich text format parser of Atlantis Word Processor, version 3.2.7.2. A specially crafted document can cause certain RTF tokens to dereference a pointer that has been uninitialized and then write to it. An attacker must convince a victim to open a specially crafted document in order to trigger this vulnerability.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.8

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionREQUIRED

Published12/1/2018

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

atlantiswordprocessor:atlantis_word_processor

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-824

References

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0713(talos-cna@cisco.com)

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0713(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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