9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2017-7856
LibreOffice Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability in SVMConverter Function
Description

LibreOffice before 2017-03-11 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow in the SVMConverter::ImplConvertFromSVM1 function in vcl/source/gdi/svmconverter.cxx.

INFO

Published Date :

April 14, 2017, 4:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 3:32 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-7856 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Libreoffice libreoffice
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 15, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2017-7856/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/commit/28e61b634353110445e334ccaa415d7fb6629d62 No Types Assigned https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/commit/28e61b634353110445e334ccaa415d7fb6629d62 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97667 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97667 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=817 No Types Assigned https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=817 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:5.2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 18, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97667 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.64 }} 0.00%

score

0.76041

percentile

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