Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting libreoffice-langpack-hr package, versions <1:5.0.6.2-14.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.11% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-LIBREOFFICELANGPACKHR-2085406
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed10 Jan 2017

Introduced: 10 Jan 2017

CVE-2017-7870  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 libreoffice-langpack-hr to version 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libreoffice-langpack-hr package and not the libreoffice-langpack-hr package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

LibreOffice before 2017-01-02 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the tools::Polygon::Insert function in tools/source/generic/poly.cxx.