VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-6640

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 Heap Overflow (Remote Code Execution) issue was discovered in Design Science MathType 6.9c. Crafted input can modify the next pointer of a linked list. 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