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OpenOffice.org Word Document Handling Heap Overflow

VUPEN Vulnerability Research Team discovered critical vulnerabilities affecting OpenOffice.org. The first vulnerability is caused by a heap overflow error when processing malformed “sprmTDefTable” records in a Word document, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code. The second vulnerability is caused by a heap overflow error when processing malformed “sprmTSetBrc” records in a Word document, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. Versions prior to 3.2 are affected.

 

You can download this advisory from the following link: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/download/86370/openoffice-overflow.txt

Source: https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/86370/OpenOffice.org-Word-Document-Handling-Heap-Overflow.html

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