CVE-2016-0794

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-02-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

The lwp filter in LibreOffice before 5.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted LotusWordPro (lwp) document.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 15.10
The Document Foundation LibreOffice: through 5.0.3

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178036.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00110.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-07/msg00050.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2579.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3482
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035022
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2899-1
https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2016-0794/
https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1220
https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1221
https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1222
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/178036.html

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