CVE-2017-17967 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Kingsoft WPS Office by tricking users into opening a crafted PPT file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-17967?
CVE-2017-17967 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 28 Dec 2017. 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
pptreader.dll in Kingsoft WPS Office 10.1.0.6930 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted PPT file, aka CNVD-2017-35482.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17967?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ksosoft Wps Office.
How do I fix CVE-2017-17967?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17967 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-17967 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17967 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r4ph-m355-hf8c.