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
Link Resource
https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0711 Exploit Third Party Advisory
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cve-icon 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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cve-icon 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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