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medium 6.8

CVE-2007-5747 json

Integer underflow in OpenOffice.org before 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary…

published 2008-04-17 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-5717

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.1%
EPSS 4.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer underflow in OpenOffice.org before 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Quattro Pro (QPRO) file with crafted values that trigger an excessive loop and a stack-based buffer overflow.

Patch / fix

  • openoffice.org RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 1:2.0.4-5.4.26
  • openoffice.org2 RHEL 4 1:2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0
  • openoffice.org-base RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 1:2.0.4-5.4.26
  • openoffice.org-calc RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 1:2.0.4-5.4.26
  • openoffice.org-core RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 1:2.0.4-5.4.26
  • openoffice.org-draw RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 1:2.0.4-5.4.26
  • openoffice.org-math RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 1:2.0.4-5.4.26
  • openoffice.org-pyuno RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 1:2.0.4-5.4.26

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0175

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-5747 updated

openoffice.org: Quattro Pro files parsing integer underflow

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 openoffice.org2 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, openoffice.org2-base 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, openoffice.org2-calc 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, openoffice.org2-core 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, openoffice.org2-draw 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, openoffice.org2-math 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) openoffice.org 2.0.4-5.4.26, openoffice.org-base 2.0.4-5.4.26, openoffice.org-calc 2.0.4-5.4.26, openoffice.org-core 2.0.4-5.4.26, openoffice.org-draw 2.0.4-5.4.26, openoffice.org-math 2.0.4-5.4.26, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 openoffice.org2 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, openoffice.org2-base 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, openoffice.org2-calc 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, openoffice.org2-core 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, openoffice.org2-draw 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, openoffice.org2-math 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 openoffice.org2 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, openoffice.org2-base 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, openoffice.org2-calc 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, openoffice.org2-core 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, openoffice.org2-draw 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, openoffice.org2-math 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) openoffice.org 2.0.4-5.4.26, openoffice.org-base 2.0.4-5.4.26, openoffice.org-calc 2.0.4-5.4.26, openoffice.org-core 2.0.4-5.4.26, openoffice.org-draw 2.0.4-5.4.26, openoffice.org-math 2.0.4-5.4.26, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 openoffice.org2 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, openoffice.org2-base 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, openoffice.org2-calc 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, openoffice.org2-core 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, openoffice.org2-draw 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, openoffice.org2-math 2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0175

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Exploit prediction

4.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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