libreoffice: Memory corruption when parsing invalid PLCF data by processing certain DOC files
Published Jul 31, 2013
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.94%
Description
Apache OpenOffice.org (OOo) before 4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via invalid PLCF data in a DOC document file.
Affected products
No data.
- < 4.0.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
openoffice.org
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libreoffice
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
libreoffice
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openoffice.org | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libreoffice | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | libreoffice | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
We do not consider a denial of service flaw in a client application such as OpenOffice to be a security issue.
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.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.94% (0.03941) | 90.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.96% (0.03958) | 89.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.22% (0.01221) | 77.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.07% (0.04070) | 80.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.10% (0.01101) | 76.53th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00303) | 70.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 24, 2024 | 0.21% (0.00209) | 58.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 10, 2024 | 0.18% (0.00176) | 54.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 25, 2024 | 0.15% (0.00149) | 50.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.18% (0.00177) | 53.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.30% (0.00303) | 64.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 59.45th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Oct 18, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 58.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 56.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.14% (0.01136) | 34.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (7)
- http://osvdb.org/95704 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Jul/173 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2013-2189.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2189 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=988834 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2189
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2189
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/95704 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link | |
| http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Jul/173 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQIssue TrackingMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2013-2189.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2189 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=988834 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2189 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-2189 |
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