What is CVE-2017-11110?

CVE-2017-11110 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fossies Catdoc, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-07-08.

How severe is CVE-2017-11110?

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

Is CVE-2017-11110 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Fossies Catdoc

CVE-2017-11110

The ole_init function in ole.c in catdoc 0.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer underflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, i.e., data is written to memory addresses before the beginning of the tmpBuf buffer.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-07-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (67.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 68th percentile — 67.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Fossies Catdoc — versions 0.95

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

Public proof-of-concept exploits

andir/nixos-issue-db-example

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-11110?: CVE-2017-11110 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fossies Catdoc, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-07-08.
How severe is CVE-2017-11110?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-11110 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.