{"id":"CVE-2017-12608","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-12608","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T22:41:42.306Z","title":"A vulnerability in Apache OpenOffice Writer DOC file parser before 4.1.4, and specifically in ImportOldFormatStyles, allows attackers to craft malicious documents that cause denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) potentially…","description":"A vulnerability in Apache OpenOffice Writer DOC file parser before 4.1.4, and specifically in ImportOldFormatStyles, allows attackers to craft malicious documents that cause denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.","published":"2017-11-20T20:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:03:37.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":["apache/openoffice","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.02889,"percentile":0.86816,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.89%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101585","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039733","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039735","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00017.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4022","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2017-12608.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101585","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039733","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039735","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00017.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4022","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2017-12608.html","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12608","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}