CVE-2006-5870

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-5870
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple integer overflows in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.0.4 and earlier, and possibly other versions before 2.1.0; and StarOffice 6 through 8; allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (a) WMF or (b) EMF file that triggers heap-based buffer overflows in (1) wmf/winwmf.cxx, during processing of META_ESCAPE records; and wmf/enhwmf.cxx, during processing of (2) EMR_POLYPOLYGON and (3) EMR_POLYPOLYGON16 records.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openoffice Openoffice All All All All
Application Sun Staroffice 6.0 All All All
Application Sun Staroffice 7.0 All All All
Application Sun Staroffice 8.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OpenOffice WMF/EMF Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for openoffice.org - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
StarOffice WMF/EMF Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1246-1 openoffice.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Red Hat update for openoffice.org - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-905 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com
Debian update for openoffice.org - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Research - Next Generation Security Software af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ngssoftware.com
Gentoo update for openoffice - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
OpenOffice.org Office Suite Integer Overflow in Processing WMF/EMF Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
USN-406-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SuSE Security announcements: [suse-security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: OpenOffice_org WMF buffer overflows (SUSE-SA:2007:001) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.suse.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2007-q1/0002.htmly af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
Webmail- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Mandriva update for OpenOffice.org - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
OpenOffice.org Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openoffice.org
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- OpenOffice.org: EMF/WMF file handling vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
rPath update for openoffice.org - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070101-01-P.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SUSE update for OpenOffice_org - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#220288 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
#102735: Security Vulnerability With StarOffice/StarSuite Versions 6, 7 and 8 Related to the '.wmf' File Format af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Search by bug number af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openoffice.org Patch
osvdb.org/32610 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
osvdb.org/32611 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
Ubuntu update for openoffice.org - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 6 Update: openoffice.org-2.0.4-5.5.10 | FedoraNEWS.ORG af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 fedoranews.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-03-14Mark J CoxRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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