CVE-2018-3983

An exploitable uninitialized pointer vulnerability exists in the Word document parser of the the Atlantis Word Processor

High · published October 31, 2019

CVSS v3.0
8.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
73.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

An exploitable uninitialized pointer vulnerability exists in the Word document parser of the the Atlantis Word Processor. A specially crafted document can cause an array fetch to return an uninitialized pointer and then performs some arithmetic before writing a value to the result. Usage of this uninitialized pointer can allow an attacker to corrupt heap memory resulting in code execution under the context of the application. An attacker must convince a victim to open a document in order to trigger this vulnerability.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.0
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01458 · 73.2th percentile
Published
2019-10-31T20:32Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 31 OCT 20:32Z
    An exploitable uninitialized pointer vulnerability exists in the Word document parser of the the Atlantis Word Processor
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