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CVE-2008-2238

Published: Oct 30, 2008Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-119
NVD MITRE
9.3CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
6.8%
Top 6.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Multiple integer overflows in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.x before 2.4.2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted EMR records in an EMF file associated with a StarOffice/StarSuite document, which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow.

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-119

Affected Products

openSUSENovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Enterprise LinuxRed Hat Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Debian GNU/LinuxСообщество свободного программного обеспечения
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Common EditionООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Novell Linux DesktopNovell Inc.
On-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
novell inc.commercialUSOperating Systems
red hat inc.commercialUSOperating Systemsaka red hat
сообщество свободного программного обеспеченияoss-projectOperating Systemsaka сообщество свободного программного обеспечения, fsf
ооо «русбитех-астра»commercialRUOperating Systemsaka rusbitech-astra
and 3 more affected products View all →

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2238
access.redhat.com
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-2238/
suse.com
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2238
nvd.nist.gov
and 28 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Oct 30, 2008
Last Updated
Apr 23, 2026

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