FKIE_CVE-2017-9806

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-11-20 17:29 - Updated: 2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2017-9806.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101585Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
apache openoffice *
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