7.8

CVE-2017-11110: fossies catdoc Out-of-bounds Write

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesMGASA-2017-0240UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11110DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11110
Published 08-07-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-11110 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in fossies catdoc. EPSS estimates a 1.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.23%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 08-07-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The ole_init function in ole.c in catdoc 0.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer underflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, i.e., data is written to memory addresses before the beginning of the tmpBuf buffer.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

69%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.23% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.23%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Mageia2 products
  • catdoc< 0.95-1.1.mga5
  • catdoc< 0.95-1.1.mga6
Debian1 product
  • catdoc< 1:0.95-3 | < 0.94.4-1.1+deb8u1 | < 1:0.94.3~git20160113.dbc9ec6+dfsg-1+deb9u1 | < 0.94.4-1.1+deb7u1
Fossies1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • catdoc< 0.94.4-1.1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1 | < 1:0.94.3~git20160113.dbc9ec6+dfsg-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1

4 vendors · 5 products

References

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