CVE-2009-0259

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-0259
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-01-22 23:30:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe Word processor in OpenOffice.org 1.1.2 through 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) .doc, (2) .wri, or (3) .rtf Word 97 file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in December 2008, as demonstrated by 2008-crash.doc.rar, and a similar issue to CVE-2008-4841.

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-399 | 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 1.1.2 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 1.1.3 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 1.1.4 All All All
Application Openoffice Openoffice.org 1.1.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Page not found - CVE.report af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 milw0rm.com Exploit
oss-security - CVE Request -- openoffice.org (CVE-2008-4841) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
OpenOffice '.doc' File Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Microsoft Windows Wordpad - '.doc' File Local Denial of Service (PoC) - Windows dos Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-01-23Tomas HogerThis issue can only result in an OpenOffice.org crash, not allowing arbitrary code execution. Red Hat does not consider a crash of a client application such as OpenOffice.org to be a security issue.
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