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CVE-2017-11110 json

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 applica…

published 2017-07-08 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-2747

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • catdoc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:0.95-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-11110

  • catdoc Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.94.4-1.1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
  • catdoc Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1:0.94.3~git20160113.dbc9ec6+dfsg-1+deb9u1build0.16.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-11110

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-11110 updated cvss 3.3

catdoc: Heap buffer overflow in the ole_init function

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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