[SA23612] OpenOffice WMF/EMF Integer Overflow Vulnerability

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TITLE:
OpenOffice WMF/EMF Integer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23612

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23612/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
OpenOffice.org 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/6157/
OpenOffice 1.1.x
http://secunia.com/product/302/
OpenOffice 1.0.x
http://secunia.com/product/303/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in OpenOffice, which potentially
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to integer overflows within the
processor for WMF/EMF files. This can be exploited to cause a
heap-based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into opening a
specially crafted WMF/EMF file.

Successful exploitation may allow the execution of arbitrary code.

SOLUTION:
Apply fixes or update to version 2.1.
http://www.openoffice.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=releases&msgNo=10454

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported in an OpenOffice bug.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=70042

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