CVE-2017-12607
A vulnerability in OpenOffice's PPT file parser before 4.1.4, and specifically in PPTStyleSheet, allows attackers to craft malicious documents that cause denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) potentially resulting in arbitrary code…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A vulnerability in OpenOffice's PPT file parser before 4.1.4, and specifically in PPTStyleSheet, allows attackers to craft malicious documents that cause denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.59% probability · 84th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- apache/openoffice · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@apache.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101585Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039732Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039734Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4022Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2017-12607.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101585Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039732Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039734Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00017.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4022Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2017-12607.htmlVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.