CVE-2017-7856
CriticalSummary
LibreOffice before 2017-03-11 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow in the SVMConverter::ImplConvertFromSVM1 function.
Risk Assessment
Exploitation of this vulnerability may lead to unauthorized memory access, potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution or application crashes.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update LibreOffice to a version after 2017-03-11 to mitigate this vulnerability.
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- CVE-2016-0795High
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- CVE-2014-9093High
LibreOffice versions before 4.3.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write operation and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTF file.
- CVE-2014-0247High
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- CVE-2017-8358Critical
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- CVE-2017-7882Critical
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- CVE-2017-7870Critical
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- CVE-2016-10327Critical
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- CVE-2026-8356Medium
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- CVE-2026-6047Medium
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Original NVD description (English source)
LibreOffice before 2017-03-11 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow in the SVMConverter::ImplConvertFromSVM1 function in vcl/source/gdi/svmconverter.cxx.