Memory corruption in libstaroffice - CVE-2017-9432
Published: May 1, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12318
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9432
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
libstaroffice
Fedora
libstaroffice
Fedora
libstaroffice
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9432
Update to version 0.0.4 or later.
libstaroffice - addressed in versions 0.0.3-3.fc24, 0.0.3-3.fc25, 0.0.3-3.fc26, 0.0.4-1.fc25