CVE-2013-4156

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-07-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Apache OpenOffice.org (OOo) before 4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted element in an OOXML document file.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache OpenOffice: before 4.0.0 — fixed in 4.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache OpenOffice 4.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://osvdb.org/95706
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Jul/174
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2013-4156.html
http://osvdb.org/95706
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Jul/174
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2013-4156.html

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