LibreOffice HWP Filter Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Last Update Date:
5 May 2015
Release Date:
28 Apr 2015
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RISK: Medium Risk
TYPE: Clients - Productivity Products
A vulnerability has been identified in LibreOffice, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error related to the HWP filter, which can be exploited to cause a memory corruption via a specially crafted HWP file.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
Impact
- Denial of Service
- Remote Code Execution
System / Technologies affected
- versions prior to 4.3.7 and prior to 4.4.2.
Solutions
Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.
- Update to version 4.3.7 or 4.4.2.
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