7.8high
CVE-2017-9806
A vulnerability in the OpenOffice Writer DOC file parser before 4.1.4, and specifically in the WW8Fonts Constructor, allows attackers to cr…
Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.8
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.8%
percentile 79%
Public exploits
0
none known
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.80% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Affected products
- Apache Software Foundation Apache OpenOffice
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
References
- openoffice.org /security/cves/CVE-2017-9806.html · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
- securityfocus.com /bid/101585 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2017-9806
- NVD: CVE-2017-9806
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