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CVE-2006-5870

Published: Jan 4, 2007Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-189
NVD MITRE
9.3CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
8.2%
Top 5.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-189

Affected Products

openofficeopenoffice
On-prem
Consumer Software / productivity
starofficesun
On-premOS
Operating Systems
n/an/a
openofficeoss-projectConsumer Softwareaka openoffice.org
suncommercialUSOperating Systems

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070101-01-P.asc
patches.sgi.com
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2007-q1/0002.htmly
archives.neohapsis.com
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2344
fedoranews.org
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Timeline

Published
Jan 4, 2007
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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