CVE-2008-2238

Summary

CVECVE-2008-2238
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-30 20:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-29 01:31:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple integer overflows in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.x before 2.4.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted EMR records in an EMF file associated with a StarOffice/StarSuite document, which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org All All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.0 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.0.2 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.0.3 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.0.4 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.1 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.2 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.2.1 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.3 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.3.1 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.4 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.4.1 All 64-bit All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org All All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.0 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.0.2 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.0.3 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.0.4 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.1 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.2 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.2.1 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.3 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.3.1 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.4 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 2.4.1 All 64-bit All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
CVE-2008-2238 CONFIRM www.openoffice.org Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1661-1 openoffice.org DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch
Red Hat update for openoffice.org - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
NeoOffice 2.2.5 Patch 3 New Features - NeoWiki CONFIRM neowiki.neooffice.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Security Advisory SA33140 - Gentoo update for openoffice and openoffice-bin - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: openoffice.org-2.4.2-18.1.fc9 FEDORA www.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
OpenOffice Multiple Vulnerabilties and Security Issue - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: openoffice.org-2.3.0-6.17.fc8 FEDORA www.redhat.com
Ubuntu update for openoffice.org - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Fedora update for openoffice.org - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
OpenOffice.org: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation GENTOO security.gentoo.org
OpenOffice Buffer Overflow in EMF Parser Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
OpenOffice WMF and EMF File Handling Multiple Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
Debian update for openoffice.org - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
USN-677-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
USN-677-2: OpenOffice.org Internationalization update | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Public Advisory: 10.31.08 // iDefense Labs IDEFENSE labs.idefense.com
Sun StarOffice/StarSuite Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:026 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
243226 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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