Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 1, 2018· Updated Sep 17, 2024
CVE-2018-4040
CVE-2018-4040
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.
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Affected products
2- Range: Atlantis Word Processor 3.2.7.1, 3.2.7.2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0713mitrex_refsource_MISC
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