Double Free in Atlantis Word Processor - CVE-2018-4000
Published: October 1, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36595
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-4000
CWE-ID: CWE-415
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Atlantis Security
Affected software:
Atlantis Word Processor
Atlantis Word Processor
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
An exploitable double-free vulnerability exists in the Office Open XML parser of Atlantis Word Processor, version 3.2.5.0. A specially crafted document can cause a TTableRow instance to be referenced twice, resulting in a double-free vulnerability when both the references go out of scope. An attacker must convince a victim to open a document in order to trigger this vulnerability.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-4000
Install update from vendor's website.