Memory corruption in libstaroffice - CVE-2017-9432
Published: May 1, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12318
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9432
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Document Liberation Project
Affected software:
libstaroffice
libstaroffice
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists in the DatabaseName::read function in lib/StarWriterStruct.cxx due to out-of-bounds write. A remote attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists in the DatabaseName::read function in lib/StarWriterStruct.cxx due to out-of-bounds write. A remote attacker can trigger stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9432
Update to version 0.0.4 or later.