CVE-2017-9806
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-11-20 17:00
Modified
2024-09-16 22:45
Severity ?
Summary
A vulnerability in the OpenOffice Writer DOC file parser before 4.1.4, and specifically in the WW8Fonts Constructor, allows attackers to craft malicious documents that cause denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.
References
security@apache.orghttp://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2017-9806.htmlVendor Advisory
security@apache.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101585Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Apache Software FoundationApache OpenOffice
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