CVE-2017-12608
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.88% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-11-20 20:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 20:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-08-07
- Assigning CNA
- apache
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 829229aba2c1bd23ae3a76ff347527c68a10923e039e895cbc787105225d465f
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1039735http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039735
- www.openoffice.orghttps://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2017-12608.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-4022https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4022
- www.securityfocus.com101585http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101585
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20171220 [SECURITY] [DLA 1214-1] libreoffice security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00017.html
- www.securitytracker.com1039733http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039733
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libreoffice Fixed in 1:5.0.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libreoffice Fixed in 1:5.0.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libreoffice Fixed in 1:5.0.2-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libreoffice Fixed in 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.