{"id":"CVE-2018-3984","aliases":["EUVD-2018-15770","GHSA-j4q2-53wq-r76x"],"status":"published","title":"An exploitable uninitialized length vulnerability exists within the Word document-parser of the...","description":"An exploitable uninitialized length vulnerability exists within the Word document-parser of the Atlantis Word Processor 3.0.2.3 and 3.0.2.5. A specially crafted document can cause Atlantis to skip initializing a value representing the number of columns of a table. Later, the application will use this as a length within a loop that will write to a pointer on the heap. Due to this value being controlled, a buffer overflow will occur, which can lead to code execution under the context of the application. 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Due to this value being controlled, a buffer overflow will occur, which can lead to code execution under the context of the application. An attacker must convince a victim to open a document in order to trigger this vulnerability.","status":"published","published":"2022-05-13T01:01:48Z","modified":"2023-02-01T05:02:28Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-119"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:49:55.031123Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2018-3984","description":"An exploitable uninitialized length vulnerability exists within the Word document-parser of the Atlantis Word Processor 3.0.2.3 and 3.0.2.5. A specially crafted document can cause Atlantis to skip initializing a value representing the number of columns of a table. Later, the application will use this as a length within a loop that will write to a pointer on the heap. Due to this value being controlled, a buffer overflow will occur, which can lead to code execution under the context of the application. An attacker must convince a victim to open a document in order to trigger this vulnerability.","status":"published","published":"2018-10-01T20:29:01.06Z","modified":"2026-06-17T01:58:09.79Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-119"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:04:42.52179Z"}]}}