CVE-2017-7870 Memory corruption in n/a
Critical 9.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-7870 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2017-7870 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Libreoffice Libreoffice, published on 14 Apr 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7870 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Libreoffice Libreoffice. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7870/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-7870/index.md)
An out-of-bounds write in LibreOffice allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2017-7870?
CVE-2017-7870 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Libreoffice Libreoffice, published on 14 Apr 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-7870?
It affects 1 product.
Linux distribution packages (40)
autocorr-af Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-bg Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-ca Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-cs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-da Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-de Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-en Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-es Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-fa Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-fi Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-fr Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-ga Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-hr Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-hu Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-is Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-it Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-ja Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-ko Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-lb Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-lt Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-mn Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-nl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-pl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-pt Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-ro Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-ru Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-sk Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-sl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-sr Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-sv Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-tr Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-vi Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
autocorr-zh Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
libreoffice Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
libreoffice-base Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
libreoffice-bsh Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
libreoffice-calc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
libreoffice-core Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
libreoffice-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
libreoffice-draw Red Hat:enterprise_linux:7::client | All versions | 1:5.0.6.2-14.el7 |
Products include Libreoffice Libreoffice.
How do I fix CVE-2017-7870?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2017-7870 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-7870 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Libreoffice Libreoffice
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-7870, DSA-3837-1, GHSA-fpwp-hqx7-wxhv, RHSA-2017:1975, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7870.