An exploitable uninitialized length vulnerability exists within the Word document-parser of the Atlantis Word Processor 3.0.2.3 and 3.0.2.5. A specially crafted document can cause Atlantis to skip initializing a value representing the number of columns of a table. Later, the application will use this as a length within a loop that will write to a pointer on the heap. Due to this value being controlled, a buffer overflow will occur, which can lead to code execution under the context of the application. An attacker must convince a victim to open a document in order to trigger this vulnerability.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-15770 An exploitable uninitialized length vulnerability exists within the Word document-parser of the Atlantis Word Processor 3.0.2.3 and 3.0.2.5. A specially crafted document can cause Atlantis to skip initializing a value representing the number of columns of a table. Later, the application will use this as a length within a loop that will write to a pointer on the heap. Due to this value being controlled, a buffer overflow will occur, which can lead to code execution under the context of the application. An attacker must convince a victim to open a document in order to trigger this vulnerability.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

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Updated: 2024-09-16T19:05:33.319Z

Reserved: 2018-01-02T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2018-3984

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-01T20:29:01.060

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:06:26.153

Link: CVE-2018-3984

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