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OpenOffice rtl_allocateMemory Heap Based BOF Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Buffer overflow
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
9.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
15 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host has OpenOffice installed which is prone to heap based buffer overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is in alloc_global.c file in which rtl_allocateMemory function rounding up allocation requests to be aligned on a 8 byte boundary without checking the rounding results, in an integer overflow condition.
Affected Software
Affected Software
OpenOffice.org 2.x on Windows (Any).
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to OpenOffice 2.4.1 or later.