CVE-2007-0238

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-03-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in filter\starcalc\scflt.cxx in the StarCalc parser in OpenOffice.org (OOo) Office Suite before 2.2, and 1.x before 1.1.5 Patch, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a document with a long Note.

Affected products

Openoffice: all versions

References

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0007.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/24465
http://secunia.com/advisories/24550
http://secunia.com/advisories/24588
http://secunia.com/advisories/24613
http://secunia.com/advisories/24646
http://secunia.com/advisories/24647
http://secunia.com/advisories/24676
http://secunia.com/advisories/24810
http://secunia.com/advisories/24906
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102794-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1270

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