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CVE-2006-5870 Details

Description

Multiple integer overflows in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.0.4 and earlier, and possibly other versions before 2.1.0; and StarOffice 6 through 8; allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (a) WMF or (b) EMF file that triggers heap-based buffer overflows in (1) wmf/winwmf.cxx, during processing of META_ESCAPE records; and wmf/enhwmf.cxx, during processing of (2) EMR_POLYPOLYGON and (3) EMR_POLYPOLYGON16 records.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070101-01-P.asc	CVE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2007-q1/0002.htmly	CVE
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2344	CVE
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0001.html	CVE
http://osvdb.org/32610	CVE
http://osvdb.org/32611	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/23549	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23600	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23612	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23616	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23620	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23682	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23683	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23711	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23712	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23762	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23920	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-07.xml	CVE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017466	CVE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31257	CVE
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-905	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8280	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9145	CVE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102735-1	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1246	CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/220288	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:006	CVE
http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/high-risk-vulnerabilities-in-the-staroffice-suite/	CVE
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=70042	CVE	Patch
http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/39509/alloc.overflows.wmf.patch	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0001.html	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455943/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455947/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455954/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455964/100/0/threaded	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456271/100/100/threaded	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-406-1	CVE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0031	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0059	CVE	Vendor Advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070101-01-P.asc	[email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2007-q1/0002.htmly	[email protected]
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2344	[email protected]
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0001.html	[email protected]
http://osvdb.org/32610	[email protected]
http://osvdb.org/32611	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/23549	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23600	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23612	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23616	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23620	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23682	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23683	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23711	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23712	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23762	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23920	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-07.xml	[email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017466	[email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31257	[email protected]
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-905	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8280	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9145	[email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102735-1	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1246	[email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/220288	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:006	[email protected]
http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/high-risk-vulnerabilities-in-the-staroffice-suite/	[email protected]
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=70042	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/39509/alloc.overflows.wmf.patch	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0001.html	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455943/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455947/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455954/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455964/100/0/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456271/100/100/threaded	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-406-1	[email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0031	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0059	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-189	Numeric Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
openoffice openoffice	<= 2.0.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
sun staroffice	6.0 7.0 8.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:sun:staroffice:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sun:staroffice:7.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sun:staroffice:8.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 17, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 20, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 4, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]