CVE-2006-3117: openoffice

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-3117 is a high (CVSS 7.6) vulnerability in openoffice. EPSS estimates a 4.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 30-06-2006
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenOffice.org (aka StarOffice) 1.1.x up to 1.1.5 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OpenOffice XML document that is not properly handled by (1) Calc, (2) Draw, (3) Impress, (4) Math, or (5) Writer, aka "File Format / Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.