High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 20, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2017-12607

Description

A vulnerability in OpenOffice's PPT file parser before 4.1.4, and specifically in PPTStyleSheet, allows attackers to craft malicious documents that cause denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) potentially resulting in arbitrary code execution.

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Affected products

Apache/Openoffice2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:apache:openoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:apache:openoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <4.1.4
- (no CPE)range: 4.0.0 to 4.1.3, and some previous releases, including some using our old OpenOffice.org brand
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Openoffice/Openofficellm-fuzzy
Range: <4.1.4

Patches

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References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/101585nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1039732nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1039734nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00017.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4022nvdThird Party Advisory
www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2017-12607.htmlnvdVendor Advisory

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