Out-of-bounds Write Affecting openoffice package, versions [,4.1.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.61% (79th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-OPENOFFICE-2382226
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 Nov 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-12607  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openoffice to version 4.1.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. A vulnerability in OpenOffice's PPT file parser before 4.1.4, and specifically in PPTStyleSheet, allows attackers to craft malicious documents that cause denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.

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