9.8
CRITICAL
CVE-2017-7870
LibreOffice Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

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.

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-2017-7870 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

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2017-7870 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-7870 vulnerability over time.

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.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1975 [No Types Assigned]
  • 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-2017-7870/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 04, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3837 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039029 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-28 [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 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97671 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97671 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/commit/62a97e6a561ce65e88d4c537a1b82c336f012722 No Types Assigned https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/commit/62a97e6a561ce65e88d4c537a1b82c336f012722 Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=372 No Types Assigned https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=372 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Added CWE CWE-787
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:5.3.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 18, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97671 [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

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2017-7870 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2017-7870 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

2.11 }} 0.00%

score

0.87380

percentile

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