CVE-2008-0320
Heap-based buffer overflow in the OLE importer in OpenOffice.org before 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash)…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 56.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the OLE importer in OpenOffice.org before 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an OLE file with a crafted DocumentSummaryInformation stream.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- OpenOffice OLE Importer DocumentSummaryInformation Stream Handling Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/fileformat/openoffice_oleRank normaldisclosed 17 Apr 2008
Exploit-DB1 entry
- OpenOffice - OLE Importer DocumentSummaryInformation Stream Handling Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 18923local, windowspublished 25 May 2012Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 56.9% · top 0.9% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
30
- 29913 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:090 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0175 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 29852 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:023 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openoffice-ole-bo(41860) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20080417 Multiple Vendor OpenOffice OLE DocumentSummaryInformation Heap Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 29864 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29844 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200805-16 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 30100 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29987 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2008:095 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 1019890 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2007-4770.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1547 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1253 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2008-0320.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-3251 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 231642 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10318 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0176 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1375 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/bulletin.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 30179 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2007-5745.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 28819 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 29871 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29910 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-609-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-0330 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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