What is CVE-2017-8358?

CVE-2017-8358 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Libreoffice, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-04-30.

How severe is CVE-2017-8358?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Libreoffice

CVE-2017-8358

LibreOffice before 2017-03-17 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the ReadJPEG function in vcl/source/filter/jpeg/jpegc.cxx.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.005 (66.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Libreoffice
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8358?: CVE-2017-8358 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Libreoffice, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-04-30.
How severe is CVE-2017-8358?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.