VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-4040

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.01%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-12-01
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-824: Access of Uninitialized Pointer

Primary references