CVE-2018-6641

An Arbitrary Free (Remote Code Execution) issue was discovered in Design Science MathType 6.9c. Crafted input can overwrite a structure, leading to a function call with an invalid parameter, and a subsequent free of important data such as a function pointer or list pointer. This is fixed in 6.9d.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
http://www.dessci.com/en/dl/	Product Vendor Advisory
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qrHKzDA1daHh0mM2T8FRybL8we-mHRW9	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wiris:mathtype:6.9c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

27 May 2021, 19:58

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE	cpe:2.3:a:dessci:mathtype:6.9c:::::::*	cpe:2.3:a:wiris:mathtype:6.9c:::::::*

Information

Published : 2018-02-28 05:29

Updated : 2023-12-10 12:30

NVD link : CVE-2018-6641

Mitre link : CVE-2018-6641

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2018-6641

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wiris

mathtype

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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