CVE-2008-2238
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 6.7%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 6.7% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2235)
- Published
- October 30, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2235 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- openoffice / openoffice.org
- openoffice / openoffice.org
- openoffice / openoffice.org
- openoffice / openoffice.org
- openoffice / openoffice.org
- openoffice / openoffice.org
- openoffice / openoffice.org
- openoffice / openoffice.org
- openoffice / openoffice.org
- openoffice / openoffice.org
- openoffice / openoffice.org
- openoffice / openoffice.org
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=750
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html
- http://neowiki.neooffice.org/index.php/NeoOffice_2.2.5_Patch_3_New_Features#Security_fixes
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32419(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32461(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32463
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32489(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32676
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32856
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32872
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33140
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-13.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-243226-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1661(Patch)
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2008-2238.html(Patch)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0939.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31962(Patch)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021121
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-677-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-677-2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2947
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3103
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3153
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46166
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10849
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00905.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-October/msg00923.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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