CVE-2017-9433
Document Liberation Project libmwaw before 2017-04-08 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the MsWrd1Parser::readFootnoteCorrespondance function in lib/MsWrd1Parser.cxx.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Document Liberation Project libmwaw before 2017-04-08 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the MsWrd1Parser::readFootnoteCorrespondance function in lib/MsWrd1Parser.cxx.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.28% probability · 83th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- libmwaw project/libmwaw
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3875
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=1037Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://sourceforge.net/p/libmwaw/libmwaw/ci/68b3b74569881248bfb6cbb4266177cc253b292f/Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3875
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=1037Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://sourceforge.net/p/libmwaw/libmwaw/ci/68b3b74569881248bfb6cbb4266177cc253b292f/Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.