PT-2018-17691 · Design Science · Mathtype

Published 2018-02-28 · Updated 2021-05-27 · CVE-2018-6641

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Design Science MathType version 6.9c

Description A Remote Code Execution issue was discovered, where crafted input can overwrite a structure, leading to a function call with an invalid parameter, and a subsequent free of important data.

Recommendations For Design Science MathType version 6.9c, update to version 6.9d to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

Use After Free

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-416

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-6641

Affected Products

Mathtype

References · 4

• 🔥 https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qrHKzDA1daHh0mM2T8FRybL8we-mHRW9 · Exploit
• http://dessci.com/en/dl · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6641 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-6641 · Vendor Advisory