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CVE-2016-0794 (GCVE-0-2016-0794)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-02-18 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 22:30
VLAI
Summary
The lwp filter in LibreOffice before 5.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted LotusWordPro (lwp) document.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035022 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2579.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/adv… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3482 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2899-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
Date Public
2016-02-16 00:00
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