CVE-2018-0788 Use after free in Windows Adobe Type Manager Font Driver (Atmfd.dll)
An attacker can exploit a memory handling flaw in the Windows Adobe Type Manager Font Driver to elevate privileges on affected Windows systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-0788?
CVE-2018-0788 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Microsoft Windows 7, published on 4 Jan 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Windows Adobe Type Manager Font Driver (Atmfd.dll) in Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, and Windows Server 2012 and R2 allows an elevation of privilege vulnerability due to the way objects are handled in memory, aka "OpenType Font Driver Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability".
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-0788?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 8.1, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2012.
How do I fix CVE-2018-0788?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-0788 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2018-0788 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-0788 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows 7
- CVE-2015-1635 Microsoft HTTP.sys Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2015-2360 Microsoft Win32k Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2014-6324 Microsoft Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2014-6332 Microsoft Windows Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) Automation Array Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2014-4148 Microsoft Windows Remote Code Execution
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6m74-gf29-77gx.