CVE-2018-11790

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-01-31 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-682

Description

When loading a document with Apache Open Office 4.1.5 and earlier with smaller end line termination than the operating system uses, the defect occurs. In this case OpenOffice runs into an Arithmetic Overflow at a string length calculation.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache OpenOffice: through 4.1.5
Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 14.04, 16.04

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106803
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7394e6b5f78a878bd0c44e9bc9adf90b8cdf49e9adc0f287145aba9b%40%3Ccommits.openoffice.apache.org%3E
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3883-1/
https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2018-11790.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106803
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/7394e6b5f78a878bd0c44e9bc9adf90b8cdf49e9adc0f287145aba9b%40%3Ccommits.openoffice.apache.org%3E
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3883-1/
https://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2018-11790.html

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