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high 7.8

CVE-2016-4324 json

Use-after-free vulnerability in LibreOffice before 5.1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTF file, related…

published 2016-07-08 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-5324

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Use-after-free vulnerability in LibreOffice before 5.1.4 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTF file, related to stylesheet and superscript tokens.

Patch / fix

  • libreoffice Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:5.1.4~rc1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4324

  • libreoffice Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1:5.1.4-0ubuntu1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4324

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libreoffice SLED 12 SP1, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP1 5.1.5.2-29.4

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:2472-1

  • libreoffice openSUSE Tumbleweed 5.2.3.3-2.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10006-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-4324 updated cvss 7.8

libreoffice: Dereference of invalid STL iterator on processing RTF file

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 openoffice.org Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 autocorr-af, autocorr-bg, autocorr-ca, autocorr-cs, autocorr-da, autocorr-de, +60 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 autocorr-af, autocorr-bg, autocorr-ca, autocorr-cs, autocorr-da, autocorr-de, +105 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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