CVE-2018-4040

Published Dec 1, 2018 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed
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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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-15826 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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
talos
Published
Updated
Sep 17, 2024, 12:36 AM
Reserved
Jan 2, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 1, 2018, 8:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 1:58 AM