CVE-2016-0795

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-02-15
CWE:
CWE-119
Bugzilla:
1306609: CVE-2016-0794 CVE-2016-0795 libreoffice: Multiple out-of-bounds overflows in lwp filter
Multiple flaws were found in the Lotus Word Pro (LWP) document format parser in LibreOffice. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted LWP document, an attacker could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user opening the file.

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CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (libreoffice) RHSA-2016:2579 2016-11-03

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libreoffice Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 openoffice.org Not affected

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