CVE-2008-2237

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-10-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

Openoffice.Org: through 2.4.1; 2.0, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.1, 2.2 (+5)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/NeoOffice_2.2.5_Patch_3_New_Features#Security_fixes
http://secunia.com/advisories/32419
http://secunia.com/advisories/32461
http://secunia.com/advisories/32463
http://secunia.com/advisories/32489
http://secunia.com/advisories/32676
http://secunia.com/advisories/32856
http://secunia.com/advisories/32872
http://secunia.com/advisories/33140
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-13.xml
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-242627-1

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