CVE-2017-7870
LibreOffice before 2017-01-02 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the tools::Polygon::Insert function in tools/source/generic/poly.cxx.
02 Description
LibreOffice before 2017-01-02 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the tools::Polygon::Insert function in tools/source/generic/poly.cxx.
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
- 3.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 89.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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
- 2017-04-14 04:30Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 16:19Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-04-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 073701817a18350ec713fbdf0bf750e77611ab607592665b47be72f1a331b0cb
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-3837http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3837
- bugs.chromium.orghttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=372
- www.securityfocus.com97671http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97671
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:1975https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1975
- github.comhttps://github.com/LibreOffice/core/commit/62a97e6a561ce65e88d4c537a1b82c336f012722
- www.securitytracker.com1039029http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039029
- www.libreoffice.orghttp://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2017-7870/
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201706-28https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-28
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libreoffice Fixed in 1:5.2.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libreoffice Fixed in 1:5.2.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libreoffice Fixed in 1:5.2.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libreoffice Fixed in 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libreoffice Fixed in 1:5.1.6~rc2-0ubuntu1~xenial2
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.