CVE-2017-3157: Apache Openoffice

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 3.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

By exploiting the way Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.4 renders embedded objects, an attacker could craft a document that allows reading in a file from the user's filesystem. Information could be retrieved by the attacker by, e.g., using hidden sections to store the information, tricking the user into saving the document and convincing the user to send the document back to the attacker. The vulnerability is mitigated by the need for the attacker to know the precise file path in the target system, and the need to trick the user into saving the document and sending it back.

Affected products

• Apache Openoffice: up to and including 4.1.3
• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Aus: version 7.3 only; version 7.4 only; version 7.6 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: version 7.3 only; version 7.4 only; version 7.5 only; version 7.6 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Tus: version 7.3 only; version 7.6 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only

Published 2017-11-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.