What is CVE-2018-3933?

CVE-2018-3933 is a high-severity vulnerability in Antenna House, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-07-11.

How severe is CVE-2018-3933?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Antenna House

CVE-2018-3933

An exploitable out-of-bounds write exists in the Microsoft Word document conversion functionality of the Antenna House Office Server Document Converter version V6.1 Pro MR2 for Linux64 (6,1,2018,0312). A crafted Microsoft Word (DOC) document can lead to an out-of-bounds write, resulting in remote code execution. This vulnerability occurs in the `vbputanld` method.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.021 (79.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Antenna House — versions Office Server Document Converter version V6.1 Pro MR2 for Linux64 (6,1,2018,0312)
Antennahouse Office_server_document_converter — versions 6.1
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

talos-cna@cisco.com (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-3933?: CVE-2018-3933 is a high-severity vulnerability in Antenna House, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-07-11.
How severe is CVE-2018-3933?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.