CVE-2017-3157
By exploiting the way Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.4 renders embedded objects, an attacker could craft a document that allows reading in a file from the user's filesystem.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.12%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
By exploiting the way Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.4 renders embedded objects, an attacker could craft a document that allows reading in a file from the user's filesystem. Information could be retrieved by the attacker by, e.g., using hidden sections to store the information, tricking the user into saving the document and convincing the user to send the document back to the attacker. The vulnerability is mitigated by the need for the attacker to know the precise file path in the target system, and the need to trick the user into saving the document and sending it back.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 3.12% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- apache/openoffice · debian/debian linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- security@apache.org
EPSS moved from 5.1% on 21 September 2026 to 3.1% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96402Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037893Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0914Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0979Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3792Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2017-3157.htmlIssue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96402Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037893Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0914Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0979Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3792Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2017-3157.htmlIssue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.