CVE-2017-14226

high

Published 2017-09-09 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

WP1StylesListener.cpp, WP5StylesListener.cpp, and WP42StylesListener.cpp in libwpd 0.10.1 mishandle iterators, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read in the WPXTableList class in WPXTable.cpp). This vulnerability can be triggered in LibreOffice before 5.3.7. It may lead to suffering a remote attack against a LibreOffice application.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`0.10.2-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`0.10.2-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`0.10.2-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`0.10.2-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`0.10.2-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
libreoffice	libreoffice	`{"endIncluding":"5.3.6"}`
libwpd	libwpd	`0.10.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-125

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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