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OpenOffice DOC Memory Corruption

OpenOffice DOC Memory Corruption
Posted Jul 26, 2013
Authored by Jeremy Brown

Apache OpenOffice suffers from a vulnerability that is caused by operating on invalid PLCF (Plex of Character Positions in File) data when parsing a malformed DOC document file. Specially crafted documents can be used for denial-of-service attacks. Further exploits are possible but have not been verified. Versions affected include Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0 to 3.4.1 on all platforms.

tags | advisory
advisories | CVE-2013-2189
SHA-256 | b07c9e7c2f54011267e57cd0ce5a5198611a832d36e144dd8d1921b7f7ca3078

OpenOffice DOC Memory Corruption

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CVE-2013-2189
OpenOffice DOC Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Severity: Important
Vendor: The Apache Software Foundation

Versions Affected:
Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0 to 3.4.1 on all platforms.
Predecessor versions of OpenOffice.org may be also affected.

Description:

The vulnerability is caused by operating on invalid PLCF (Plex of
Character Positions in File) data when parsing a malformed DOC document
file. Specially crafted documents can be used for denial-of-service
attacks. Further exploits are possible but have not been verified.

Mitigation:

Apache OpenOffice 3.4 users are advised to upgrade to Apache
OpenOffice 4.0. Users who are unable to upgrade immediately should be
cautious when opening untrusted documents.

Credits:

The Apache OpenOffice Security Team credits Jeremy Brown of
Microsoft Vulnerability Research as the discoverer of this flaw.

Herbert Dürr
Member of the Apache OpenOffice Security Team
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