CVE-2007-0238
Stack-based buffer overflow in filter\starcalc\scflt.cxx in the StarCalc parser in OpenOffice.org (OOo) Office Suite before 2.2, and 1.x before 1.1.5 Patch, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a document with a long Note.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.79%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in filter\starcalc\scflt.cxx in the StarCalc parser in OpenOffice.org (OOo) Office Suite before 2.2, and 1.x before 1.1.5 Patch, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a document with a long Note.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 5.79% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- openoffice/openoffice
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24465Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24550Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24588Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24613Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24646Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24647Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24676Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24810Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24906Vendor Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102794-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1270Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200704-12.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:073
- http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/high-risk-vulnerabilities-in-the-openoffice-suite/
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/CVE-2007-0238
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0033.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0069.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464724/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23067
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017799
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-444-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1032Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1117Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33112
- https://issues.foresightlinux.org/browse/FL-211
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1118
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8968
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0007.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24465Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.