CVE-2009-0259

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Jan 22, 2009
Updated: Aug 7, 2024
Reserved: Jan 22, 2009

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.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

6560exploit
33383vdb-entry
openoffice-wordprocessor-code-execution(48213)vdb-entry
[oss-security] 20090121 CVE Request -- openoffice.org (CVE-2008-4841)mailing-list
http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-crash.doc.rar

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