CVE-2016-0794
LibreOffice Lwp Filter Remote Memory Corruption Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description
The lwp filter in LibreOffice before 5.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted LotusWordPro (lwp) document.
INFO
Published Date :
Feb. 18, 2016, 9:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
Feb. 12, 2023, 11:16 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.8
Affected Products
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Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 12, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description Multiple flaws were found in the Lotus Word Pro (LWP) document format parser in LibreOffice. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted LWP document, an attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user opening the file. The lwp filter in LibreOffice before 5.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted LotusWordPro (lwp) document. Removed CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Removed CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2579 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0794 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1306609 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Feb. 02, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Description The lwp filter in LibreOffice before 5.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted LotusWordPro (lwp) document. Multiple flaws were found in the Lotus Word Pro (LWP) document format parser in LibreOffice. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted LWP document, an attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user opening the file. Added CVSS V2 Red Hat, Inc. (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1306609 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0794 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2579 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 05, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2579.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 06, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3482 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 03, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1222 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178036.html [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1220 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1221 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Dec. 01, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00110.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 28, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00050.html [No Types Assigned] -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 25, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 23, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2016-0794/ No Types Assigned https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2016-0794/ Advisory Added CWE CWE-119
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-0794 is
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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-0794
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Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.98 }} 0.15%
score
0.87453
percentile