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CVE-2008-3282 in the critical feed json

Integer overflow in the rtl_allocateMemory function in sal/rtl/source/alloc_global.c in the memory allocator in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.4.1,…

published 2008-08-29 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-3270

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
10.8%
EPSS 10.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in the rtl_allocateMemory function in sal/rtl/source/alloc_global.c in the memory allocator in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.4.1, on 64-bit platforms, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, related to a "numeric truncation error," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-2152.

Patch / fix

  • openoffice.org RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 1:2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2
  • openoffice.org-sdk RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 1:2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2
  • openoffice.org-base RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 1:2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2
  • openoffice.org-calc RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 1:2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2
  • openoffice.org-core RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 1:2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2
  • openoffice.org-draw RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 1:2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2
  • openoffice.org-math RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 1:2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2
  • openoffice.org-pyuno RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 1:2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0835

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-2008-3282 updated

openoffice.org: numeric truncation error in memory allocator (64bit)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) openoffice.org 2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2, openoffice.org-sdk 2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2, openoffice.org-base 2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2, openoffice.org-calc 2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2, openoffice.org-core 2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2, openoffice.org-draw 2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2, +10 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) openoffice.org 2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2, openoffice.org-sdk 2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2, openoffice.org-base 2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2, openoffice.org-calc 2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2, openoffice.org-core 2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2, openoffice.org-draw 2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2, +10 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) openoffice.org 2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2, openoffice.org-sdk 2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2, openoffice.org-base 2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2, openoffice.org-calc 2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2, openoffice.org-core 2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2, openoffice.org-draw 2.3.0-6.5.2.el5_2, +10 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0835

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
21 mo ago

Exploit prediction

10.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-681 Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types

References

Sources

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