CVE-2017-7870

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: April 14, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3837

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2017-7870/

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97671

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039029

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1975

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=372

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/commit/62a97e6a561ce65e88d4c537a1b82c336f012722

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-28

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3837