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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-5870 · published 31 December 2006

CVE-2006-5870: Openoffice vulnerability

Openoffice · Openoffice

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.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 8.3% · top 5.3% CWE-189 · CWE-189
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
8.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
78References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

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

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-5870), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.