CVE-2017-9806

moderate-risk

Published 2017-11-20

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.

Do I need to act?

1.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.8/10 High

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Openoffice

Affected Vendors

Apache

References (4)

Vendor Advisory http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2017-9806.html

Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101585

Vendor Advisory http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2017-9806.html

Broken Link http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101585

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moderate-risk

Severity 24/34 · High

Exploitability 4/34 · Minimal

Exposure 5/34 · Minimal