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CVE-2016-0794

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0794 describes a memory corruption vulnerability in the lwp filter of LibreOffice versions prior to 5.0.4, affecting LibreOffice and Canonical Ubuntu Linux. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted LotusWordPro document. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a high potential for denial of service and possibly other unspecified impacts, requiring user interaction for successful exploitation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.83%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0283 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 11,615 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (7)

asteriskpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 5.0.4/5.1.0
View patch
check_pointpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 5.0.4/5.1.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libpagemaker-0:0.0.3-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: mdds-0:0.12.1-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libreoffice-1:5.0.6.2-3.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libcmis-0:0.5.1-2.el7
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libreoffice

Vendor Advisories (3)

redhatCVE-2016-0794Moderate

libreoffice: Multiple out-of-bounds overflows in lwp filter

Feb 15, 2016
asteriskllm-asterisk-38f0410afdc18bdf

LotusWordPro Multiple bounds overflows in lwp filter

check_pointllm-check_point-928d5466550cc20f

LotusWordPro Multiple bounds overflows in lwp filter

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178036.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00110.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00050.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2579.html
libreoffice.org / about-us/security/advisories/cve-2016-0794
Vendor Advisory
verisign.com / en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml
verisign.com / en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml
verisign.com / en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3482
securitytracker.com / id/1035022
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2899-1