OpenOffice up to 2.4.1 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in OpenOffice up to 2.4.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-0201. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenOffice up to 2.4.1 (Office Suite Software). It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown part. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenOffice.org (OOo) before 3.1.1 and StarOffice/StarSuite 7, 8, and 9 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified records in a crafted Word document, related to "table parsing."

The weakness was disclosed 09/02/2009 by Dyon Balding with Secunia Research (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-0201. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/30/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 40878 (CentOS 3 / 4 : openoffice.org (CESA-2009:1426)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155783 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for OpenOffice.org (ELSA-2009-1426)).

Upgrading to version 2.0.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8810.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (52963), Tenable (40878), SecurityFocus (BID 36200†), Secunia (SA35036†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1022798†). The entry VDB-49786 is pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 40878
Nessus Name: CentOS 3 / 4 : openoffice.org (CESA-2009:1426)
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OpenVAS ID: 64814
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 10 FEDORA-2009-9256 (openoffice.org)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: OpenOffice 2.0.3
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Timelineinfo

01/20/2009 🔍
08/31/2009 +223 days 🔍
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09/06/2009 +4 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +2019 days 🔍
03/30/2025 +3665 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Dyon Balding
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-0201 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0201
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49787

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X-Force: 52963
SecurityFocus: 36200 - OpenOffice Word Document Table Parsing Multiple Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 35036
SecurityTracker: 1022798
Vulnerability Center: 23386 - OpenOffice.org < 3.1.1 Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Allows Remote Code Execution, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 03/30/2025 04:53
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (66), 02/13/2017 15:26 (10), 08/20/2021 21:10 (3), 08/20/2021 21:23 (1), 12/30/2024 07:32 (17), 03/30/2025 04:53 (1)
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