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CVE-2017-7856

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7856 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in LibreOffice, specifically affecting versions prior to 2017-03-11, stemming from an out-of-bounds write in the SVMConverter::ImplConvertFromSVM1 function. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows for remote, unauthenticated attacks with low complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0349 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 36,833 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

asteriskpatch availablevia llm_extracted
View patch
check_pointpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: development
View patch
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (3)

redhatCVE-2017-7856Moderate

libreoffice: Heap-buffer-overflow in SVMConverter::ImplConvertFromSVM1

Apr 11, 2017
asteriskllm-asterisk-dfbe416b0b950b41

Heap-buffer-overflow in SVM filter

check_pointllm-check_point-f7f526d0e5992a2b

Heap-buffer-overflow in SVM filter

References

bugs.chromium.org / p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
github.com / LibreOffice/core/commit/28e61b634353110445e334ccaa415d7fb6629d62
PatchThird Party Advisory
libreoffice.org / about-us/security/advisories/cve-2017-7856
securityfocus.com / bid/97667
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry