An exploitable arbitrary write vulnerability exists in the open document format parser of the Atlantis Word Processor, version 3.2.7.2, while trying to null-terminate a string. A specially crafted document can allow an attacker to pass an untrusted value as a length to a constructor. This constructor will miscalculate a length and then use it to calculate the position to write a null byte. This can allow an attacker to corrupt memory, which can result in code execution under the context of the application. An attacker must convince a victim to open a specially crafted document in order to trigger this vulnerability.
References
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https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0711 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: talos
Published: 2018-11-20T00:00:00
Updated: 2022-04-19T18:08:44
Reserved: 2018-01-02T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2018-4038
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2018-12-01T18:29:00.200
Modified: 2022-06-07T17:22:05.797
Link: CVE-2018-4038
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