CVE-2008-2238

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-2238
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-10-30 20:00:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 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

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

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | 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.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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1661-1 openoffice.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
USN-677-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: openoffice.org-2.4.2-18.1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Red Hat update for openoffice.org - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
OpenOffice Multiple Vulnerabilties and Security Issue - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: openoffice.org-2.3.0-6.17.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
USN-677-2: OpenOffice.org Internationalization update | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
OpenOffice WMF and EMF File Handling Multiple Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch
Ubuntu update for openoffice.org - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
OpenOffice Buffer Overflow in EMF Parser Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Public Advisory: 10.31.08 // iDefense Labs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 labs.idefense.com
Sun StarOffice/StarSuite Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian update for openoffice.org - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
CVE-2008-2238 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openoffice.org Patch
Security Advisory SA33140 - Gentoo update for openoffice and openoffice-bin - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Fedora update for openoffice.org - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
OpenOffice.org: Multiple vulnerabilities — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
NeoOffice 2.2.5 Patch 3 New Features - NeoWiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 neowiki.neooffice.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2008:026 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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