Vulnerability in Openoffice
CVE-2005-0941
The StgCompObjStream::Load function in OpenOffice.org OpenOffice 1.1.4 and earlier allocates memory based on 16 bit length values, but process memory using 32 bit values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a DOC document with certain length values, which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.041 (90.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 90th percentile — 90.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.041 · newest: 0.041 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Openoffice — versions 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.0
References
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-375.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/13092 (vdb-entry)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_21_sr.html (vendor-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9106 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-13.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/395516 (mailing-list)
- www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi
- secunia.com/advisories/17027 (third-party-advisory)