CVE-2016-4324 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2016-4324?

CVE-2016-4324 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 8 Jul 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Use-after-free vulnerability in LibreOffice before 5.1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTF file, related to stylesheet and superscript tokens.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-4324?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Libreoffice Libreoffice.

How do I fix CVE-2016-4324?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2016-4324 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4324 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4324, DLA-581-1, DSA-3608-1, GHSA-fhmw-mf54-383v, MGASA-2016-0246, SUSE-SU-2016:2472-1 and 2 more.