Is CVE-2008-3437 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-3437 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-3437?

CVE-2008-3437 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-3437

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 1.9%EU EUVD

OpenOffice.org (OOo) before 2.1.0 does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update, as demonstrated by evilgrade and DNS cache poisoning.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-94
EPSS score: 1.9% (80th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-3423)
Published: August 1, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3423 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

openoffice / openoffice.org
openoffice / openoffice.org
openoffice / openoffice.org
openoffice / openoffice.org
openoffice / openoffice.org

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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