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LibreOffice 'DOC' File Denial of Service Vulnerability (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
12 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with LibreOffice and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to an error in 'OpenOffice.org'. A remote user can create a specially crafted Word document that, when loaded by the target user, will trigger an out-of-bounds read and potentially execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Affected Software
Affected Software
LibreOffice version 3.3.0 and 3.4.0 through 3.4.2
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to LibreOffice version 3.4.3 or later.