cve/2018/CVE-2018-4040.md

### [CVE-2018-4040](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-4040)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=Atlantis%20Word%20Processor&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=n%2Fa&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=remote%20code%20execution&color=brighgreen)

### Description

An exploitable uninitialized pointer vulnerability exists in the rich text format parser of Atlantis Word Processor, version 3.2.7.2. A specially crafted document can cause certain RTF tokens to dereference a pointer that has been uninitialized and then write to it. An attacker must convince a victim to open a specially crafted document in order to trigger this vulnerability.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0713
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0713

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.