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.
Published: 2008-10-30
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: 8.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1661-1 New OpenOffice.org packages fix several vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-677-1 OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities
References
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http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=750 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/NeoOffice_2.2.5_Patch_3_New_Features#Security_fixes cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32419 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32461 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32463 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32489 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32676 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32856 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/32872 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/33140 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-13.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-243226-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1661 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2008-2238.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0939.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31962 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021121 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-677-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-677-2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2947 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3103 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3153 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46166 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2238 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10849 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2238 cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00905.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00923.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

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Openoffice Openoffice.org
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:49:58.915Z

Reserved: 2008-05-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-2238

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Status : Modified

Published: 2008-10-30T20:00:00.903

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-2238

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Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2008-10-29T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-2238 - Bugzilla

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