CVE-2008-2238: openoffice openoffice.org

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-2238 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in openoffice openoffice.org. EPSS estimates a 6.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 30-10-2008
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• 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.