VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2018-6641

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL

EPSS probability5.55%

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

An Arbitrary Free (Remote Code Execution) issue was discovered in Design Science MathType 6.9c. Crafted input can overwrite a structure, leading to a function call with an invalid parameter, and a subsequent free of important data such as a function pointer or list pointer. This is fixed in 6.9d.

Weakness classification

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-416

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