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.
Published: 2018-02-28
Score: 9.8 Critical
EPSS: 4.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Analysis and contextual insights are available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

Additional remediation guidance may be available on OpenCVE Cloud.

Tracking

Sign in to view the affected projects.

Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-18388 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.
History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T06:10:10.784Z

Reserved: 2018-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-6641

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-02-28T05:29:00.383

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:11:03.080

Link: CVE-2018-6641

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses