CVE-2018-6639

moderate-risk
Published 2018-02-28

An out-of-bounds write (Remote Code Execution) issue was discovered in Design Science MathType 6.9c. A size used by memmove is read from the input file. This is fixed in 6.9d.

Do I need to act?

~
4.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Mathtype

Affected Vendors

Wiris

References (4)

Product http://www.dessci.com/en/dl/
Exploit https://drive.google.com/open?id=175_n6KhbOUlu9l0ySw-8QYk0oQbAaoZV
Product http://www.dessci.com/en/dl/
Exploit https://drive.google.com/open?id=175_n6KhbOUlu9l0ySw-8QYk0oQbAaoZV
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 7/34 · Low
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal