CVEvulnerability
CVE-2018-3978
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-10-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787
Description
An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the Word Document parser of the Atlantis Word Processor 3.0.2.3, 3.0.2.5. A specially crafted document can cause Atlantis to write a value outside the bounds of a heap allocation, resulting in a buffer overflow. An attacker must convince a victim to open a document in order to trigger this vulnerability.
Affected configurations
• atlantiswordprocessor atlantis word processor 3.0.2.3
• atlantiswordprocessor atlantis word processor 3.0.2.5
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness
References
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0646 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0646 Exploit, Third Party Advisory