CVE-2017-9433

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2017-04-08
CWE:
CWE-122
Bugzilla:
1461762: CVE-2017-9433 libmwaw: Out-of-bounds write in the MsWrd1Parser::readFootnoteCorrespondence function

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Document Liberation Project libmwaw before 2017-04-08 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the MsWrd1Parser::readFootnoteCorrespondance function in lib/MsWrd1Parser.cxx.

Find out more about CVE-2017-9433 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 8.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 libmwaw Will not fix

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