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CVE-2017-9433

libmwaw: Out-of-bounds write in the MsWrd1Parser::readFootnoteCorrespondence function

Published Modified CWE 119
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat8.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

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 packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11libmwaw0.3.9-2
debian 12libmwaw0.3.9-2
debian 13libmwaw0.3.9-2
debian 14libmwaw0.3.9-2
debian 8libmwaw0.3.1-2+deb8u1
echolibmwaw0.3.9-2
Red Hatlibmwaw, libmwaw-devel, libmwaw-doc and 1 moreno fix listed
ubuntu 14.04libmwaw0.1.11-1ubuntu1.1
ubuntu 16.04libmwaw0.3.7-1ubuntu2.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMlibmwaw0.3.7-1ubuntu2.1
ubuntu 16.10libmwaw0.3.8-2ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 17.04libmwaw0.3.9-1ubuntu0.1
Show all 15 entries from 12 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11libmwaw0.3.9-2
debian 12libmwaw0.3.9-2
debian 13libmwaw0.3.9-2
debian 14libmwaw0.3.9-2
debian 8libmwaw0.3.1-2+deb8u1
echolibmwaw0.3.9-2
Red Hatlibmwawno fix listed
Red Hatlibmwaw-develno fix listed
Red Hatlibmwaw-docno fix listed
Red Hatlibmwaw-toolsno fix listed
ubuntu 14.04libmwaw0.1.11-1ubuntu1.1
ubuntu 16.04libmwaw0.3.7-1ubuntu2.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMlibmwaw0.3.7-1ubuntu2.1
ubuntu 16.10libmwaw0.3.8-2ubuntu0.1
ubuntu 17.04libmwaw0.3.9-1ubuntu0.1

References

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