FKIE_CVE-2008-2237
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2008-10-30 20:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:53
Severity
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.x before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WMF file associated with a StarOffice/StarSuite document.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| openoffice | openoffice.org | * | |
| openoffice | openoffice.org | * | |
| openoffice | openoffice.org | 2.0 | |
| openoffice | openoffice.org | 2.0.2 | |
| openoffice | openoffice.org | 2.0.3 | |
| openoffice | openoffice.org | 2.0.4 | |
| openoffice | openoffice.org | 2.1 | |
| openoffice | openoffice.org | 2.2 | |
| openoffice | openoffice.org | 2.2.1 | |
| openoffice | openoffice.org | 2.3 | |
| openoffice | openoffice.org | 2.3.1 | |
| openoffice | openoffice.org | 2.4 | |
| openoffice | openoffice.org | 2.4.1 |
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