UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12607

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12607

    Published: 1 Nov 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-12607
    Aliases:
    USN-3472-1

    Summary:

    Details: A vulnerability in OpenOffice's PPT file parser before 4.1.4, and specifically in PPTStyleSheet, allows attackers to craft malicious documents that cause denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12607, https://www.talosintelligence.com/reports/TALOS-2017-0300, https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/CVE-2017-12607, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3472-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12607

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libreoffice

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libreoffice@1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5.2

    Affected versions

    1:4.1.2~rc3-0ubuntu1
    1:4.1.2~rc3-0ubuntu2
    1:4.1.3-0ubuntu2
    1:4.1.3-0ubuntu3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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