CVE-2018-6641

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-416

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.dessci.com/en/dl/Product, Vendor Advisory
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qrHKzDA1daHh0mM2T8FRybL8we-mHRW9Exploit, Third Party Advisory
http://www.dessci.com/en/dl/Product, Vendor Advisory
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1qrHKzDA1daHh0mM2T8FRybL8we-mHRW9Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Feb 28, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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