8.8high
CVE-2018-4040
An exploitable uninitialized pointer vulnerability exists in the rich text format parser of Atlantis Word Processor, version 3.2.7.2.
Published 7 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.0%
percentile 63%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.01% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.0 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CNA | 3.0 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Talos Atlantis Word Processor
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-824 Access of Uninitialized Pointer
References
- talosintelligence.com /vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0713 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-4040
- NVD: CVE-2018-4040
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