CVE-2008-2238

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2008-10-29
Bugzilla:
466528: CVE-2008-2238 OpenOffice.org multiple EMF buffer overflows

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2008-2238 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (openoffice.org) RHSA-2008:0939 2008-11-05
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (openoffice.org) RHSA-2008:0939 2008-11-05
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RHSA-2008:0939 2008-11-05
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) (openoffice.org) RHSA-2008:0939 2008-11-05

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