VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2018-6641
An Arbitrary Free (Remote Code Execution) issue was discovered in Design Science MathType 6.9c.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 5.55%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.55%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.55% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- wiris/mathtype
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.dessci.com/en/dl/Product, Vendor Advisory
- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qrHKzDA1daHh0mM2T8FRybL8we-mHRW9Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.dessci.com/en/dl/Product, Vendor Advisory
- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qrHKzDA1daHh0mM2T8FRybL8we-mHRW9Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.