What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities
CVE-2018-3998
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
- 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 heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the Windows enhanced metafile parser of Atlantis Word Processor, version 3.2.5.0. A specially crafted image embedded within a document can cause an undersized allocation, resulting in an overflow when the application tries to copy data into it. An attacker must convince a victim to open a document in order to trigger this vulnerability.
Affected products
References
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0666
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0666
Get alerted when CVE-2018-3998 or the next vulnerability affects your stack