CVE-2009-0259

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-0259
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-01-22 23:30:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-29 01:33:00 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

Problem Types: CWE-399

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
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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Page not found - CVE.report MISC milw0rm.com Exploit
Microsoft Windows Wordpad - '.doc' File Local Denial of Service (PoC) - Windows dos Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com
oss-security - CVE Request -- openoffice.org (CVE-2008-4841) MLIST www.openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
OpenOffice '.doc' File Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.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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