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CVE-2018-6640
A Heap Overflow (Remote Code Execution) issue was discovered in Design Science MathType 6.9c.
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
9.8
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
3.9%
percentile 90%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
A Heap Overflow (Remote Code Execution) issue was discovered in Design Science MathType 6.9c. Crafted input can modify the next pointer of a linked list. This is fixed in 6.9d.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
3.92% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
References
- drive.google.com /open?id=1jIKf-EgP4qD-VmNHM1LbWGLbJLOClDim · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- dessci.com /en/dl/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2018-6640
- NVD: CVE-2018-6640
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