CVE-2017-7870
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
LibreOffice before 2017-01-02 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the tools::Polygon::Insert function in tools/source/generic/poly.cxx.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
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 | 1:5.2.5-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:5.2.5-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:5.2.5-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:5.2.5-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:5.2.5-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| libreoffice | libreoffice | {"endIncluding":"5.3.0.0"} | |
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3837
- http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2017-7870/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97671
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039029
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1975
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=372
- https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/commit/62a97e6a561ce65e88d4c537a1b82c336f012722
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-28
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7870.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7870
CWEs
CWE-787
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.