Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libreoffice package, versions <1:5.2.5-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.57% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LIBREOFFICE-520310
  • published14 Apr 2017
  • disclosed14 Apr 2017

Introduced: 14 Apr 2017

CVE-2017-7870  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 libreoffice to version 1:5.2.5-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libreoffice package and not the libreoffice package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 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.