Skip to content
Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2008-2237 json

Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.x before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WMF fil…

published 2008-10-30 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-2234

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.1%
EPSS 6.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.x before 2.4.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WMF file associated with a StarOffice/StarSuite document.

Patch / fix

  • openoffice.org RHEL 3 1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3
  • openoffice.org RHEL 4 1.1.5-10.6.0.7.EL4
  • openoffice.org RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 1:2.3.0-6.5.4.el5_2
  • openoffice.org2 RHEL 4 1:2.0.4-5.7.0.6.0
  • openoffice.org-kde RHEL 4 1.1.5-10.6.0.7.EL4
  • openoffice.org-sdk RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 1:2.3.0-6.5.4.el5_2
  • openoffice.org-base RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 1:2.3.0-6.5.4.el5_2
  • openoffice.org-calc RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 1:2.3.0-6.5.4.el5_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0939

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-2008-2237 updated

OpenOffice.org WMF integer overflow

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 openoffice.org 1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 openoffice.org 1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 openoffice.org2 2.0.4-5.7.0.6.0, openoffice.org 1.1.5-10.6.0.7.EL4, openoffice.org2-base 2.0.4-5.7.0.6.0, openoffice.org2-calc 2.0.4-5.7.0.6.0, openoffice.org2-core 2.0.4-5.7.0.6.0, openoffice.org2-draw 2.0.4-5.7.0.6.0, +12 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) openoffice.org 2.3.0-6.5.4.el5_2, openoffice.org-sdk 2.3.0-6.5.4.el5_2, openoffice.org-base 2.3.0-6.5.4.el5_2, openoffice.org-calc 2.3.0-6.5.4.el5_2, openoffice.org-core 2.3.0-6.5.4.el5_2, openoffice.org-draw 2.3.0-6.5.4.el5_2, +10 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 openoffice.org2 2.0.4-5.7.0.6.0, openoffice.org 1.1.5-10.6.0.7.EL4, openoffice.org2-base 2.0.4-5.7.0.6.0, openoffice.org2-calc 2.0.4-5.7.0.6.0, openoffice.org2-core 2.0.4-5.7.0.6.0, openoffice.org2-draw 2.0.4-5.7.0.6.0, +12 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) openoffice.org 2.3.0-6.5.4.el5_2, openoffice.org-sdk 2.3.0-6.5.4.el5_2, openoffice.org-base 2.3.0-6.5.4.el5_2, openoffice.org-calc 2.3.0-6.5.4.el5_2, openoffice.org-core 2.3.0-6.5.4.el5_2, openoffice.org-draw 2.3.0-6.5.4.el5_2, +10 more
    +5 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 openoffice.org 1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 openoffice.org2 2.0.4-5.7.0.6.0, openoffice.org 1.1.5-10.6.0.7.EL4, openoffice.org2-base 2.0.4-5.7.0.6.0, openoffice.org2-calc 2.0.4-5.7.0.6.0, openoffice.org2-core 2.0.4-5.7.0.6.0, openoffice.org2-draw 2.0.4-5.7.0.6.0, +12 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) openoffice.org 2.3.0-6.5.4.el5_2, openoffice.org-sdk 2.3.0-6.5.4.el5_2, openoffice.org-base 2.3.0-6.5.4.el5_2, openoffice.org-calc 2.3.0-6.5.4.el5_2, openoffice.org-core 2.3.0-6.5.4.el5_2, openoffice.org-draw 2.3.0-6.5.4.el5_2, +10 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 openoffice.org 1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-i18n 1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3, openoffice.org-libs 1.1.2-43.2.0.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 openoffice.org2 2.0.4-5.7.0.6.0, openoffice.org 1.1.5-10.6.0.7.EL4, openoffice.org2-base 2.0.4-5.7.0.6.0, openoffice.org2-calc 2.0.4-5.7.0.6.0, openoffice.org2-core 2.0.4-5.7.0.6.0, openoffice.org2-draw 2.0.4-5.7.0.6.0, +12 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0939

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

6.07% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.