CVE-2017-9806
published 2017-11-20CVE-2017-9806: A vulnerability in the OpenOffice Writer DOC file parser before 4.1.4, and specifically in the WW8Fonts Constructor, allows attackers to craft malicious…
PriorityP432high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.80%
76.2th percentile
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.
Affected
7 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | openoffice | < 4.1.4 | 4.1.4 |
| apache_software_foundation | apache_openoffice | — | — |
| debian | libreoffice | < libreoffice 1:3.4.3-1 (bookworm) | libreoffice 1:3.4.3-1 (bookworm) |
| libreoffice | libreoffice | >= 0 < 1:3.4.3-1 | 1:3.4.3-1 |
| libreoffice | libreoffice | >= 0 < 1:3.4.3-1 | 1:3.4.3-1 |
| libreoffice | libreoffice | >= 0 < 1:3.4.3-1 | 1:3.4.3-1 |
| libreoffice | libreoffice | >= 0 < 1:3.4.3-1 | 1:3.4.3-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
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Red Hat
libreoffice: Out-of-bounds write in the WW8Fonts::WW8Fonts functionality
vendor_redhat·2017-10-26·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-9806 [HIGH] CWE-787 libreoffice: Out-of-bounds write in the WW8Fonts::WW8Fonts functionality
libreoffice: Out-of-bounds write in the WW8Fonts::WW8Fonts functionality
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.
Package: libreoffice (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Not affected
Package: libreoffice (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2017-9806: libreoffice - A vulnerability in the OpenOffice Writer DOC file parser before 4.1.4, and speci...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-9806 [HIGH] CVE-2017-9806: libreoffice - A vulnerability in the OpenOffice Writer DOC file parser before 4.1.4, and speci...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1:3.4.3-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1:3.4.3-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1:3.4.3-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1:3.4.3-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1:3.4.3-1)
GHSA
GHSA-f454-5wwx-q3hc: A vulnerability in the OpenOffice Writer DOC file parser before 4
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2017-9806 [HIGH] CWE-787 GHSA-f454-5wwx-q3hc: A vulnerability in the OpenOffice Writer DOC file parser before 4
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.
OSV
CVE-2017-9806: A vulnerability in the OpenOffice Writer DOC file parser before 4
osv·2017-11-20·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-9806 [HIGH] CVE-2017-9806: A vulnerability in the OpenOffice Writer DOC file parser before 4
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Talos
Vulnerability Spotlight: Apache OpenOffice Vulnerabilities
blogs_talos·2017-10-26·CVSS 7.8
[HIGH] Vulnerability Spotlight: Apache OpenOffice Vulnerabilities
## Vulnerability Spotlight: Apache OpenOffice Vulnerabilities
Discovered by Marcin ‘Icewall’ Noga of Cisco Talos
## Overview Today, Talos is releasing details of three new vulnerabilities discovered within Apache OpenOffice application. The first vulnerability, TALOS-2017-0295 within OpenOffice Writer, the second TALOS-2017-0300 in the Draw application, and the third TALOS-2017-0301 discovered in the Writer application. All three vulnerabilities allow arbitrary code execution to be performed.
## TALOS-2017-0295 - Apache OpenOffice Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Apache OpenOffice DOC WW8Fonts Constructor (CVE-2017-9806) The vulnerability is in the WW8Fonts::WW8Fonts class of the OpenOffice word processor application. An attacker can build a malicious .doc (Microsoft Word Binary F
Talos
Vulnerability Spotlight: Apache OpenOffice Vulnerabilities
blogs_talos·2017-10-26·CVSS 7.8
[HIGH] Vulnerability Spotlight: Apache OpenOffice Vulnerabilities
Discovered by Marcin ‘Icewall’ Noga of Cisco Talos
### Overview Today, Talos is releasing details of three new vulnerabilities discovered within Apache OpenOffice application. The first vulnerability, TALOS-2017-0295 within OpenOffice Writer, the second TALOS-2017-0300 in the Draw application, and the third TALOS-2017-0301 discovered in the Writer application. All three vulnerabilities allow arbitrary code execution to be performed.
### TALOS-2017-0295 - Apache OpenOffice Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Apache OpenOffice DOC WW8Fonts Constructor (CVE-2017-9806) The vulnerability is in the WW8Fonts::WW8Fonts class of the OpenOffice word processor application. An attacker can build a malicious .doc (Microsoft Word Binary File Format) file with a specially crafted malicious font, if
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-12607 CVE-2017-12608 CVE-2017-9806 libreoffice: various flaws [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2017-10-31·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-12607 [HIGH] CVE-2017-12607 CVE-2017-12608 CVE-2017-9806 libreoffice: various flaws [fedora-all]
CVE-2017-12607 CVE-2017-12608 CVE-2017-9806 libreoffice: various flaws [fedora-all]
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Bugzilla
CVE-2017-9806 libreoffice: Out-of-bounds write in the WW8Fonts::WW8Fonts functionality
bugzilla·2017-10-31·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-9806 [HIGH] CVE-2017-9806 libreoffice: Out-of-bounds write in the WW8Fonts::WW8Fonts functionality
CVE-2017-9806 libreoffice: Out-of-bounds write in the WW8Fonts::WW8Fonts functionality
An exploitable out of bound write vulnerability exists in the WW8Fonts::WW8Fonts functionality of Apache OpenOffice 4.1.3. A specially crafted doc file can cause an out of bound write potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can send/provide a malicious doc file to trigger this vulnerability.
External References:
https://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2017-0295
https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2017-9806.html
https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/CVE-2017-9806
Discussion:
Created libreoffice tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1507808]
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Is there any reproducer? Or even a hint whether libreoffice is vulnerable too?
2017-11-20
Published