CVE-2009-2139

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-09-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in svtools/source/filter.vcl/wmf/enhwmf.cxx in Go-oo 2.x and 3.x before 3.0.1, previously named ooo-build and related to OpenOffice.org (OOo), allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted EMF file, a similar issue to CVE-2008-2238.

Affected products

Sun Openoffice.Org: 2.0.0, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.1.0, 2.2.0, 2.2.1 (+7)

References

http://cgit.freedesktop.org/ooo-build/ooo-build/commit/?id=49b4e38571912a7d28c4044e5b2bd57e51c77d55
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125258116800739&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125265261125765&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125363445702917&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/36613
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1880
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:035
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:091
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:105
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/26/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36291

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