High severity · published Nov 20, 2017
CVE-2017-12607
A vulnerability in OpenOffice's PPT file parser before 4.1.4, and specifically in PPTStyleSheet, allows attackers to craft malicious documents that cause denial of service (memory…
7.8
CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A vulnerability in OpenOffice's PPT file parser before 4.1.4, and specifically in PPTStyleSheet, allows attackers to craft malicious documents that cause denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
OP
Openoffice · Apache
before 4.1.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12607
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12607
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101585
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039732
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039734
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00017.html
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4022
Vendor Advisory
https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2017-12607.html
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