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CVE-2018-11790 json

When loading a document with Apache Open Office 4.1.5 and earlier with smaller end line termination than the operating system uses, the def…

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-3789

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • libreoffice Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:4.0.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11790

  • libreoffice Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu5.5

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11790

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

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Exploit prediction

1.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% 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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache OpenOffice

Classification

Weakness

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Sources

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