HIGH
security flaw
Published Jan 4, 2007
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 8.30%
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 2.0.4
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 8.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
openoffice.org-0:1.1.2-35.2.0.EL3
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0001
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
openoffice.org-0:1.1.5-6.6.0.EL4
Fixed · RHSA-2007:0001
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | openoffice.org-0:1.1.2-35.2.0.EL3 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0001 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | openoffice.org-0:1.1.5-6.6.0.EL4 | Fixed | RHSA-2007:0001 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
9.3 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
8.30% 0.08300
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.08300
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8.30% (0.08300) | 94.76th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.24% (0.08240) | 94.16th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 10, 2025 | 17.94% (0.17940) | 94.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 1, 2025 | 20.58% (0.20580) | 95.32th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 21.92% (0.21918) | 95.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 32.04% (0.32043) | 95.02th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 19, 2025 | 21.92% (0.21918) | 95.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 24.70% (0.24702) | 95.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 70.72% (0.70719) | 98.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 12.31% (0.12305) | 95.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 16, 2023 | 11.79% (0.11789) | 94.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 11.68% (0.11685) | 94.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 1, 2023 | 10.27% (0.10275) | 94.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 8, 2023 | 13.12% (0.13116) | 94.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 20.42% (0.20423) | 95.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.52th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 94.04th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 9.92% (0.09915) | 87.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (43)
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- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2007-q1/0002.htmly mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCH
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2344 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://osvdb.org/32610 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://osvdb.org/32611 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23549 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/23682 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23683 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23711 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23712 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23762 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23920 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-07.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017466 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102735-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1246 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/220288 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:006 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories/high-risk-vulnerabilities-in-the-staroffice-suite/ x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=70042 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.openoffice.org/nonav/issues/showattachment.cgi/39509/alloc.overflows.wmf.patch x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455943/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455947/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455954/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455964/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/456271/100/100/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-406-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0031 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0059 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5870 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618229 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31257 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-905 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5870
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8280 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9145 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5870
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 4, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 14, 2006
Link CVE-2006-5870
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a