CVE-2017-12607

high

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.

References

Advisories
More

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4022

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00017.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039734

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039732

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101585

https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2017-12607.html

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2017-4168

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-11-20

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00789