PT-2017-19198 · Apache · Openoffice

Published 2017-11-20 · Updated 2022-02-07 · CVE-2017-9806

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenOffice versions prior to 4.1.4

Description A flaw in the OpenOffice Writer DOC file parser, specifically in the WW8Fonts Constructor, allows attackers to create malicious documents. These documents can cause denial of service, resulting in memory corruption and application crash, and potentially lead to arbitrary code execution.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.1.4, update to version 4.1.4 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

DoS

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-9806

Affected Products

Openoffice

References · 12

• http://openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2017-9806.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9806 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9806 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-9806 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9806 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9806 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9806 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9806 · Vendor Advisory
• https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/gitweb?p=core.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=bb494d6bd8c5868f34bd8f9444ed3eb401145f10 · Note
• https://talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2017-0295 · Note
• https://libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/CVE-2017-9806 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/101585 · Note