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Status published
High
CVE-2017-9806
A vulnerability in the OpenOffice Writer DOC file parser before...
Vulnerability Description
A vulnerability in the OpenOffice Writer DOC file parser before 4.1.4, and specifically in the WW8Fonts Constructor, allows attackers to craft malicious documents that cause denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
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Affected Vendor
Apache Software Foundation
View all reports →Affected Software
Apache OpenOffice
Vulnerable Versions:
4.0.0 to 4.1.3, and some previous releases, including some using our old OpenOffice.org brand
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 20th, 2017
Last Modified:
September 16th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.