# CVE-2017-14226: WP1StylesListener.cpp, WP5StylesListener.cpp, and WP42StylesListener.cpp in libwpd 0.10.1 mishandle iterators, which allows remote attackers

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-09-09 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

WP1StylesListener.cpp, WP5StylesListener.cpp, and WP42StylesListener.cpp in libwpd 0.10.1 mishandle iterators, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read in the WPXTableList class in WPXTable.cpp). This vulnerability can be triggered in LibreOffice before 5.3.7. It may lead to suffering a remote attack against a LibreOffice application.

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1489337
- https://sourceforge.net/p/libwpd/code/ci/f40827b3eae260ce657c67d9fecc855b09dea3c3/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/libwpd/code/ci/0329a9c57f9b3b0efa0f09a5235dfd90236803a5/
- https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=112269
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=dd89afa6ee8166b69e7a1e86f22616ca8fc122c9
- https://sourceforge.net/p/libwpd/tickets/14/

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