CVE-2017-11110

Publication date 8 July 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
catdoc	17.04 zesty	Fixed 1:0.94.3~git20160113.dbc9ec6+dfsg-1+deb9u1build0.17.04.1
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1:0.94.3~git20160113.dbc9ec6+dfsg-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.94.4-1.1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1

Notes

sbeattie

reproducer in redhat bug report

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.8 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.8 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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