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Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-14226 · published 9 September 2017

CVE-2017-14226: Libreoffice out-of-bounds read vulnerability

Libreoffice · Libreoffice

WP1StylesListener.cpp, WP5StylesListener.cpp, and WP42StylesListener.cpp in libwpd 0.10.1 mishandle iterators, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read in the WPXTableList class in WPXTable.cpp). This vulnerability can be triggered in LibreOffice before 5.3.7. It may lead to suffering a remote attack against a LibreOffice application.

7.5 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 2.5% · top 16.0% CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds read
7.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 5.0
2.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
12References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

WP1StylesListener.cpp, WP5StylesListener.cpp, and WP42StylesListener.cpp in libwpd 0.10.1 mishandle iterators, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read in the WPXTableList class in WPXTable.cpp). This vulnerability can be triggered in LibreOffice before 5.3.7. It may lead to suffering a remote attack against a LibreOffice application.

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

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112269 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489337 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=dd89afa6ee8166b69e7a1e86f22616ca8fc122c9 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/libwpd/code/ci/0329a9c57f9b3b0efa0f09a5235dfd90236803a5/ PatchThird Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/libwpd/code/ci/f40827b3eae260ce657c67d9fecc855b09dea3c3/ PatchThird Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/libwpd/tickets/14/ Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112269 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489337 Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=dd89afa6ee8166b69e7a1e86f22616ca8fc122c9 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/libwpd/code/ci/0329a9c57f9b3b0efa0f09a5235dfd90236803a5/ PatchThird Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/libwpd/code/ci/f40827b3eae260ce657c67d9fecc855b09dea3c3/ PatchThird Party Advisory
https://sourceforge.net/p/libwpd/tickets/14/ Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-14226), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.