Bug 1298168

Summary:	catdoc: invalid memory access and segmentation fault
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED UPSTREAM	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	adel.gadllah, pertusus, redhat-bugzilla
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	2019-06-08 02:47:24 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1298169, 1298170
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Description Andrej Nemec 2016-01-13 12:01:12 UTC

A vulnerability was found in the way the catdoc parses certain word documents. A specially crafted file could cause an attempt to access an invalid pointer. This will cause catdoc to crash.

Original bug report with reproducer attached:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=810883

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2016-01-13 12:01:43 UTC

Created catdoc tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1298169]
Affects: epel-all [bug 1298170]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 02:47:24 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.