libmwaw: Out-of-bounds write in the MsWrd1Parser::readFootnoteCorrespondence function
Published Jun 5, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.28%
Description
Document Liberation Project libmwaw before 2017-04-08 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the MsWrd1Parser::readFootnoteCorrespondance function in lib/MsWrd1Parser.cxx.
Affected products
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- ≤ 0.3.11
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
libmwaw
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | libmwaw | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2021–2026- EPSS v1
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Percentile over time
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Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.28% (0.02276) | 82.48th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.28% (0.02276) | 80.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.12% (0.01121) | 76.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 3.32% (0.03316) | 78.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.38% (0.00379) | 73.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.38% (0.00379) | 72.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 20, 2023 | 0.38% (0.00379) | 68.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.45% (0.00452) | 71.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 36.37th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 2, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 34.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 32.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00954) | 16.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 24.58th | v1 |
| Jan 6, 2022 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 23.96th | v1 |
| Sep 1, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 57.50th | v1 |
| Apr 14, 2021 | 0.83% (0.00833) | 0.00th | v1 |
References (7)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3875 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9433 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=1037 x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1461762 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9433
- https://sourceforge.net/p/libmwaw/libmwaw/ci/68b3b74569881248bfb6cbb4266177cc253b292f/ x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9433
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3875 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-9433 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=1037 | x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1461762 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9433 | ||
| https://sourceforge.net/p/libmwaw/libmwaw/ci/68b3b74569881248bfb6cbb4266177cc253b292f/ | x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-9433 |
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