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CVE-2010-4643

OpenOffice.org: heap based buffer overflow when parsing TGA files

Severity Score

7.8
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Heap-based buffer overflow in Impress in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.x and 3.x before 3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Truevision TGA (TARGA) file in an ODF or Microsoft Office document.

Desbordamiento de buffer basado en memoria dinámica en Impress en OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.x y 3.x en versiones anteriores a 3.3 permite a atacantes remotos causar una denegación de servicio (caída de aplicación) o posiblemente ejecutar código arbitrario a través de un archivo Truevision TGA (TARGA) manipulado en un documento ODF o Microsoft Office.

Multiple vulnerabilities have been addressed in OpenOffice. Charlie Miller discovered several heap overflows in PPT processing. Marc Schoenefeld discovered that directory traversal was not correctly handled in XSLT, OXT, JAR, or ZIP files. Dan Rosenberg discovered multiple heap overflows in RTF and DOC processing. Dmitri Gribenko discovered that OpenOffice.org did not correctly handle LD_LIBRARY_PATH in various tools. Marc Schoenefeld discovered that OpenOffice.org did not correctly process PNG images. It was discovered that OpenOffice.org did not correctly process TGA images.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2011-01-03 CVE Reserved
  • 2011-01-26 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • 2025-04-03 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-122: Heap-based Buffer Overflow
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Apache
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Openoffice
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>= 2.0.0 < 3.3.0
Search vendor "Apache" for product "Openoffice" and version " >= 2.0.0 < 3.3.0"
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Affected