Sun StarOffice Office Suite up to 8.x FreeType Font Parser memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun StarOffice Office Suite up to 8.x and classified as critical. Impacted is an unknown function of the component FreeType Font Parser. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2007-0245. No exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun StarOffice Office Suite up to 8.x (Office Suite Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component FreeType Font Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a RTF file with a crafted prtdata tag with a length parameter inconsistency, which causes vtable entries to be overwritten.

The bug was discovered 06/12/2007. The weakness was published 06/18/2007 by Victor Stinner (Website). The advisory is shared for download at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-0245 since 01/16/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67513 (Oracle Linux 3 / 4 : openoffice.org (ELSA-2007-0406)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 117521 (CentOS Security Update for OpenOffice.org (CESA-2007:0406)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9123.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34843), Tenable (67513), SecurityFocus (BID 24450†), OSVDB (35378†) and Secunia (SA25705†). Similar entries are available at VDB-3130 and VDB-3139. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 67513
Nessus Name: Oracle Linux 3 / 4 : openoffice.org (ELSA-2007-0406)
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OpenVAS ID: 58354
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 1307-1 (openoffice.org)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Researcher: Victor Stinner
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-0245 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0245
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3140

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X-Force: 34843
SecurityFocus: 24450 - OpenOffice RTF File Parser Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 25705
OSVDB: 35378 - OpenOffice.org (OOo) RTF File Parsing prtdata Tag Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1018239
Vulnerability Center: 15379 - OpenOffice.org before 2.2.1 Remote Code Execution via Crafted RTF File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2166

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/02/2007 18:22
Updated: 06/14/2025 15:33
Changes: 07/02/2007 18:22 (100), 07/20/2019 17:00 (1), 06/14/2025 15:33 (20)
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