Vulnerability CVE-2009-0259
Published: 2009-01-22   Modified: 2012-02-13

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.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
MS Windows Wordpad .doc File Local Denial of Service PoC
Anon
13.12.2008

Type:

CWE-399

 (Resource Management Errors)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Openoffice -> Openoffice.org 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/48213
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33383
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/21/9
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6560
http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-crash.doc.rar
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