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CVE-2018-6638 Details

Description

A stack-based buffer overflow (Remote Code Execution) issue was discovered in Design Science MathType 6.9c. This occurs in a function call in which the first argument is a corrupted offset value and the second argument is a stack buffer. This is fixed in 6.9d.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1V-AA1InXBPhgJviabilttkaP4DYay9f6 CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
http://www.dessci.com/en/dl/ CVEProductVendor Advisory
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1V-AA1InXBPhgJviabilttkaP4DYay9f6 [email protected]ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://www.dessci.com/en/dl/ [email protected]ProductVendor Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
wiris mathtype
6.9c

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:wiris:mathtype:6.9c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-6638
NVD Published Date:
Feb 28, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2018-6638 Details - Not Deferred