What is CVE-2016-4324?

CVE-2016-4324 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libreoffice, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-07-08.

How severe is CVE-2016-4324?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Libreoffice

CVE-2016-4324

Use-after-free vulnerability in LibreOffice before 5.1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTF file, related to stylesheet and superscript tokens.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.007 (71.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Libreoffice
Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 12.04, 15.10, 16.04
Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

DSA-3608 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
GLSA-201611-03 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
1036209 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
91499 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cret@cert.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
USN-3022-1 (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
cret@cert.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4324?: CVE-2016-4324 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libreoffice, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2016-07-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-4324?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.