CVE-2009-0259

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

Publication date:

22/01/2009

Last modified:

09/04/2025

Description

The Word processor in OpenOffice.org 1.1.2 through 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) .doc, (2) .wri, or (3) .rtf Word 97 file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in December 2008, as demonstrated by 2008-crash.doc.rar, and a similar issue to CVE-2008-4841.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

9.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:1.1.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:1.1.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:1.1.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:1.1.5:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:1.1.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:1.1.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:1.1.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:1.1.5:::::::*

CVE-2009-0259

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools