CVE-2018-4040 describes an uninitialized pointer vulnerability in the rich text format parser of Atlantis Word Processor, specifically version 3.2.7.2. This vulnerability allows a specially crafted RTF document to cause a dereference and write to an uninitialized pointer, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), exploitation requires user interaction (opening the malicious document) but has low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlantiswordprocessor:atlantis_word_processor:3.2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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