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CVE-2018-3978

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-10-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

An exploitable out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in the Word Document parser of the Atlantis Word Processor 3.0.2.3, 3.0.2.5. A specially crafted document can cause Atlantis to write a value outside the bounds of a heap allocation, resulting in a buffer overflow. An attacker must convince a victim to open a document in order to trigger this vulnerability.

Affected products

• The Atlantis Word Processor Team Atlantis Word Processor: 3.0.2.3, 3.0.2.5

References

• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0646
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0646

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