CVE-2017-7870

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-7870
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-14 04:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionLibreOffice 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-787 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice All beta2 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
LibreOffice: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201706-28) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
LibreOffice CVE-2017-7870 Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
LibreOffice Heap Oveflow in tools::Polygon::Insert() Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3837-1 libreoffice af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
ofz#372 check if ImplSplit succeeded · LibreOffice/core@62a97e6 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2017-7870 | LibreOffice - Free Office Suite - Fun Project - Fantastic People af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.libreoffice.org
372 - oss-fuzz - OSS-Fuzz: Fuzzing the planet - Monorail af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.chromium.org Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710560 Gentoo Linux LibreOffice Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201706-28)

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