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CVE-2008-0320

72
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0320 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the OLE importer of OpenOffice.org versions prior to 2.4. This critical flaw, with a CVSS score of 9.3, allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service and potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted OLE file containing a malicious DocumentSummaryInformation stream. While not currently on the KEV catalog or experiencing active exploitation, a Metasploit module exists, indicating readily available exploit code. Despite its high EPSS and FAUCET Risk Score, there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
57.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: OpenOffice OLE Importer DocumentSummaryInformation Stream Handling Overflow · Apr 17, 2008
ExploitDB: EDB-18923 · May 25, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5702 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

denopatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 2.4
View patch
libreofficepatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 2.4
View patch
nessuspatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 2.4
postgresqlpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 2.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: openoffice.org-1:2.0.4-5.4.26
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: openoffice.org-0:1.1.5-10.6.0.3.EL4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: openoffice.org2-1:2.0.4-5.7.0.4.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: openoffice.org-0:1.1.2-41.2.0.EL3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (5)

redhatCVE-2008-0320Important

openoffice.org: OLE files parsing heap overflows

Apr 17, 2008
denollm-deno-bb57ae11602aa441

Manipulated OLE files can lead to heap overflows and arbitrary code execution

postgresqlllm-postgresql-fac0deef2f41bfe8

Manipulated OLE files can lead to heap overflows and arbitrary code execution

libreofficellm-libreoffice-6d2e321e1c154cac

Manipulated OLE files can lead to heap overflows and arbitrary code execution

nessusllm-nessus-c1a82885b9131896

Manipulated OLE files can lead to heap overflows and arbitrary code execution

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Vendor Advisory