CVE-2017-7882 is a critical out-of-bounds write vulnerability affecting LibreOffice versions prior to March 14, 2017, specifically within the HWPFile::TagsRead function. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it poses a severe risk, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability over the network with low attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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