CVE-2006-5870

security flaw

Published Jan 4, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS 8.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
Multiple integer overflows in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.0.4 and earlier, and possibly other versions before 2.1.0; and StarOffice 6 through 8; allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (a) WMF or (b) EMF file that triggers heap-based buffer overflows in (1) wmf/winwmf.cxx, during processing of META_ESCAPE records; and wmf/enhwmf.cxx, during processing of (2) EMR_POLYPOLYGON and (3) EMR_POLYPOLYGON16 records.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1246-1 New OpenOffice.org packages fix arbitrary code execution
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-406-1 OpenOffice.org vulnerability
References
Link Providers
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070101-01-P.asc cve-icon cve-icon
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2007-q1/0002.htmly cve-icon cve-icon
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2344 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://osvdb.org/32610 cve-icon cve-icon
http://osvdb.org/32611 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23549 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23600 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23612 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23616 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23620 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23682 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23683 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23711 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23712 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23762 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/23920 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-07.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017466 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102735-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1246 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/220288 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:006 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/high-risk-vulnerabilities-in-the-staroffice-suite/ cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=70042 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/39509/alloc.overflows.wmf.patch cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455943/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455947/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455954/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455964/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456271/100/100/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-406-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0031 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0059 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31257 cve-icon cve-icon
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-905 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5870 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8280 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9145 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5870 cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 8:04 PM
Reserved
Nov 14, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 31, 2006, 5:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:32 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Jan 3, 2007, 12:00 AM