Buffer overflow in Libreoffice
CVE-2017-7870
LibreOffice before 2017-01-02 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the tools::Polygon::Insert function in tools/source/generic/poly.cxx.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.039 (89.8th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 89.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.039 · newest: 0.039 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3837 (vendor-advisory)
- bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/97671 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1975 (vendor-advisory)
- github.com/LibreOffice/core/commit/62a97e6a561ce65e88d4c537a1b82c336f012722 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039029 (vdb-entry)
- www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2017-7870/
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-28 (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-7870?
- CVE-2017-7870 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Libreoffice, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-04-14.
- How severe is CVE-2017-7870?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.