CVE-2017-9806 (GCVE-0-2017-9806)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-20 17:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:45
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Summary
A vulnerability in the OpenOffice Writer DOC file parser before 4.1.4, and specifically in the WW8Fonts Constructor, allows attackers to craft malicious documents that cause denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Potential Arbitrary Code Execution
Assigner
apache CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 76/100 over 1094 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache OpenOffice Affected: 4.0.0 to 4.1.3, and some previous releases, including some using our old OpenOffice.org brand
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Date Public
2017-11-18 00:00
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