PT-2016-1179 · Document Foundation+5 · Libreoffice+5

Published 2016-02-16 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-0794

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions LibreOffice versions prior to 5.0.4

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the lwp filter, which can be exploited by remote attackers using a crafted LotusWordPro (lwp) document. This can cause a denial of service due to memory corruption or possibly have other unspecified impacts.

Recommendations For versions prior to 5.0.4, update to version 5.0.4 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of the lwp filter when opening documents from untrusted sources.

Fix

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1173

BDU:2016-00440

CESA-2016_2579

CVE-2016-0794

DSA-3482-1

MGASA-2016-0194

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10006-1

RHSA-2016:2579

RHSA-2016_2579

SUSE-SU-2016:1728-1

SUSE-SU-2016_1728-1

USN-2899-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Libreoffice

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 60

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00050.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3482-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-0794 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178036.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3482 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0794 · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0194.html · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2899-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0794 · Security Note
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2579.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2016-0194 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2899-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2016-0794 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-0794 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-0794 · Vendor Advisory