OpenOffice.org PLCF and XML Data Parsing Vulnerabilities
Last Update Date:
1 Aug 2013
Release Date:
29 Jul 2013
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RISK: Medium Risk
TYPE: Clients - Productivity Products
Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in OpenOffice.org, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
- An unspecified error when handling PLCF (Plex of Character Positions in File) data within DOC files can be exploited to cause memory corruption.
- An unspecified error when parsing XML elements within OOXML document files (DOCM) can be exploited to cause memory corruption.
Impact
- Remote Code Execution
System / Technologies affected
- OpenOffice.org 3.x
Solutions
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- Upgrade to version 4.0
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