CVE catalog
CVE-2017-9433
libmwaw: CVE-2017-9433
- Severity
- High · CVSS 8.3
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.28% · Oct 25, 2026
Document Liberation Project libmwaw before 2017-04-08 has an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the MsWrd1Parser::readFootnoteCorrespondance function in lib/MsWrd1Parser.cxx.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | libmwaw | sid | 0.3.23-1 | fixed |
| Debian | libmwaw | forky | 0.3.23-1 | fixed |
| Debian | libmwaw | trixie | 0.3.22-1 | fixed |
| Debian | libmwaw | bookworm | 0.3.21-1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | libmwaw | 14.04 | 0.1.10-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libmwaw | 14.04 | 0.1.11-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libmwaw | 14.04 | 0.1.11-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libmwaw | 14.04 | 0.1.11-1ubuntu1.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | libmwaw | 16.04 | 0.3.5-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libmwaw | 16.04 | 0.3.6-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libmwaw | 16.04 | 0.3.7-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libmwaw | 16.04 | 0.3.7-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libmwaw | 16.04 | 0.3.7-1ubuntu2.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | libmwaw | 14.04 | 0.1.10-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libmwaw | 14.04 | 0.1.11-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libmwaw | 14.04 | 0.1.11-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libmwaw | 14.04 | 0.1.11-1ubuntu1.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | libmwaw | 16.04 | 0.3.5-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libmwaw | 16.04 | 0.3.6-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libmwaw | 16.04 | 0.3.7-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libmwaw | 16.04 | 0.3.7-1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | libmwaw | 16.04 | 0.3.7-1ubuntu2.1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | libmwaw | source | sid | 0.3.9-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [864366] |
| Debian | libmwaw | source | forky | 0.3.9-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [864366] |
| Debian | libmwaw | source | trixie | 0.3.9-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [864366] |
| Debian | libmwaw | source | bookworm | 0.3.9-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | [864366] |
| Ubuntu | libmwaw | deb | 14.04 | 0.1.11-1ubuntu1.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9433 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | libmwaw | deb | 16.04 | 0.3.7-1ubuntu2.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9433 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | libmwaw | deb | 14.04 | 0.1.11-1ubuntu1.1 | Not reported | USN-3319-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | libmwaw | deb | 16.04 | 0.3.7-1ubuntu2.1 | Not reported | USN-3319-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libmwaw-0.3-3]Fixed
Source package: [libmwaw]
Details (2)
0.3.21-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.3.9-2dsa · libmwaw · debian · bookworm; dsa · libmwaw · debian · 12
0.3.21-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.3.9-2dsa · libmwaw · debian · bookworm; dsa · libmwaw · debian · 12
- [libmwaw-dev]Fixed
Source package: [libmwaw]
Details (2)
0.3.21-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.3.9-2dsa · libmwaw · debian · bookworm; dsa · libmwaw · debian · 12
0.3.21-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.3.9-2dsa · libmwaw · debian · bookworm; dsa · libmwaw · debian · 12
- [libmwaw-doc]Fixed
Source package: [libmwaw]
Details (2)
0.3.21-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.3.9-2dsa · libmwaw · debian · bookworm; dsa · libmwaw · debian · 12
0.3.21-1· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.3.9-2dsa · libmwaw · debian · bookworm; dsa · libmwaw · debian · 12
- [libmwaw-tools]Fixed
Source package: [libmwaw]
Details (2)
0.3.21-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.3.9-2dsa · libmwaw · debian · bookworm; dsa · libmwaw · debian · 12
0.3.21-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
0.3.9-2dsa · libmwaw · debian · bookworm; dsa · libmwaw · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libmwaw-0.3-3]Fixed
Source package: [libmwaw]
Details (2)
0.3.22-1+b2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.3.9-2dsa · libmwaw · debian · 13
0.3.22-1+b2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.3.9-2dsa · libmwaw · debian · 13
- [libmwaw-dev]Fixed
Source package: [libmwaw]
Details (2)
0.3.22-1+b2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.3.9-2dsa · libmwaw · debian · 13
0.3.22-1+b2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.3.9-2dsa · libmwaw · debian · 13
- [libmwaw-doc]Fixed
Source package: [libmwaw]
Details (2)
0.3.22-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.3.9-2dsa · libmwaw · debian · 13
0.3.22-1· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.3.9-2dsa · libmwaw · debian · 13
- [libmwaw-tools]Fixed
Source package: [libmwaw]
Details (2)
0.3.22-1+b2· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.3.9-2dsa · libmwaw · debian · 13
0.3.22-1+b2· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
0.3.9-2dsa · libmwaw · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2017_1821-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-9433]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3875-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9433]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-3319-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-9433]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2017/cve-2017-9433.json]
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