CVE-2007-4251

Summary

CVECVE-2007-4251
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-08-08 23:17:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-15 21:34:00 UTC
DescriptionOpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.2 does not properly handle files with multiple extensions, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.2 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice 2.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
46766 OSVDB osvdb.org
OpenOffice.org Office Suite Handling of Multiple File Extensions Lets Remote Users Deny Service - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
[ELEYTT] 4SIERPIEN2007 - CXSecurity.com SREASON securityreason.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Mandriva2007-09-18Vincent DanenThis issue crashes OpenOffice.org only if a user opens a malicious document. Mandriva does not consider this a security issue.
Red Hat2007-08-14Mark J CoxRed Hat does not consider this flaw a security issue. This flaw will only crash OpenOffice.org if a victim opens a malicious document.
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