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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: talos

Published: 2018-12-01T20:00:00Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:36:10.536Z

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

Link: CVE-2018-4040

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-12-01T20:29:00.197

Modified: 2022-06-07T17:22:15.100

Link: CVE-2018-4040

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