High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 1, 2018· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-4038
CVE-2018-4038
Description
An exploitable arbitrary write vulnerability exists in the open document format parser of the Atlantis Word Processor, version 3.2.7.2, while trying to null-terminate a string. A specially crafted document can allow an attacker to pass an untrusted value as a length to a constructor. This constructor will miscalculate a length and then use it to calculate the position to write a null byte. This can allow an attacker to corrupt memory, which can result in code execution under the context of the application. An attacker must convince a victim to open a specially crafted document in order to trigger this vulnerability.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:atlantiswordprocessor:atlantis_word_processor:3.2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:atlantiswordprocessor:atlantis_word_processor:3.2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:atlantiswordprocessor:atlantis_word_processor:3.2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: =3.2.7.2
- Range: Atlantis Word Processor 3.2.7.1, 3.2.7.2
Patches
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References
1- talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0711nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
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