Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libreoffice package, versions <1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (64th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-LIBREOFFICE-341841
  • published14 Apr 2017
  • disclosed14 Apr 2017

Introduced: 14 Apr 2017

CVE-2016-10327  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 libreoffice to version 1:5.1.6rc2-0ubuntu1xenial2 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

LibreOffice before 2016-12-22 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the EnhWMFReader::ReadEnhWMF function in vcl/source/filter/wmf/enhwmf.cxx.