USN-3472-1

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    USN-3472-1

    Published: 2 Nov 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: libreoffice vulnerabilities

    Details: Marcin Noga discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled PPT documents. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted PPT document, a remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-12607) Marcin Noga discovered that LibreOffice incorrectly handled Word documents. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted Word document, a remote attacker could cause LibreOffice to crash, and possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2017-12608)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3472-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12607, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12608

    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
    USN-3472-1 | CVE-DB