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Critical
CVE-2008-2238
Multiple integer overflows in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.x before 2.4.2 allow...
Vulnerability Description
Multiple 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-677-2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32856
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31962
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=750
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10849
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32461
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3153
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32419
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00923.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32872
- http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/NeoOffice_2.2.5_Patch_3_New_Features#Security_fixes
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-677-1
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-13.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32676
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3103
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-243226-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2947
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32489
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32463
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0939.html
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2008-2238.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1661
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021121
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33140
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46166
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00905.html
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
0, 2.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.1, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.3, 2.3.1, 2.4, 2.4.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 30th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.