CVE-2026-59268 · Package
NO FIX YET · SEE WHAT TO DO
Apache OpenOffice up to 4.1.16 has an out-of-bounds write triggered by a crafted Microsoft Word document. An attacker who gets a user to open that file can crash the program or corrupt other memory.
first public Nov 4, 2026 · 1 source
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Anyone who opens Word documents in Apache OpenOffice 4.1.16 or earlier is exposed, most likely from email attachments or downloaded files. Servers or document-conversion pipelines that run OpenOffice on untrusted .doc files are also in scope. Teams not running OpenOffice can skip it.
Not affected if newer-version, not-installed
Who cares desktop, document-conversion, openoffice
soffice --version on the command line.4.1.16.4.1.17.An out-of-bounds Write vulnerability in Apache OpenOffice versions through 4.1.16 could allow an attacker to craft a Microsoft Word document that would crash the program, or otherwise corrupt other memory areas.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 4.1.17, which fixes this issue.
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