Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libreoffice-langpack-sk package, versions <1:5.0.6.2-14.0.1.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.57% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-LIBREOFFICELANGPACKSK-2515592
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • 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 Oracle:7 libreoffice-langpack-sk to version 1:5.0.6.2-14.0.1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2017-1975.

NVD Description

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