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CVE-2018-4040 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0713	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0713	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-824	Access of Uninitialized Pointer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
atlantiswordprocessor atlantis word processor	3.2.7.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:atlantiswordprocessor:atlantis_word_processor:3.2.7.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 7, 2022	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Apr 19, 2022	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 27, 2018	Initial Analysis	[email protected]