Description
An Arbitrary Free (Remote Code Execution) issue was discovered in Design Science MathType 6.9c. Crafted input can overwrite a structure, leading to a function call with an invalid parameter, and a subsequent free of important data such as a function pointer or list pointer. This is fixed in 6.9d.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qrHKzDA1daHh0mM2T8FRybL8we-mHRW9
Product, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.dessci.com/en/dl/
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0568
EPSS Percentile
92.1%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-416
Status
published
Products (1)
wiris/mathtype
6.9c
Published
Feb 28, 2018
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026