CVE-2018-10119 Use after free in n/a

What is CVE-2018-10119?

CVE-2018-10119 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 15 Apr 2018. 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

sot/source/sdstor/stgstrms.cxx in LibreOffice before 5.4.5.1 and 6.x before 6.0.1.1 uses an incorrect integer data type in the StgSmallStrm class, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free with write access) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted document that uses the structured storage ole2 wrapper file format.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10119?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Libreoffice Libreoffice, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.

How do I fix CVE-2018-10119?

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-2018-10119 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10119 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-2018-10119, GHSA-4wrw-jm7c-gf3x, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10119.