VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2018-6638
CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability3.92%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-02-28
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Product, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Product, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory