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CVE-2009-3301

31
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3301 is an integer underflow vulnerability in OpenOffice.org versions prior to 3.2, specifically within the filter/ww8/ww8par2.cxx component. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a specially crafted Word document containing a malicious sprmTDefTable table property modifier. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is considered critical due to its network-based attack vector, medium attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score of 97/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:openoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
8.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
12.09%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1209 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 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: 3.2
View patch
libreofficepatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 3.2
View patch
nessuspatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 3.2
postgresqlpatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 3.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: openoffice.org-1:2.3.0-6.11.el5_4.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: openoffice.org2-1:2.0.4-5.7.0.6.1.el4_8.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: openoffice.org-0:1.1.5-10.6.0.7.EL4.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: openoffice.org-0:1.1.2-46.2.0.EL3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (5)

redhatCVE-2009-3301Important

OpenOffice.org Word sprmTDefTable Memory Corruption

Feb 12, 2010
denollm-deno-702365873674027e

Potential vulnerability related to MS-Word document processing

postgresqlllm-postgresql-ae16d7bfc7278ef1

Potential vulnerability related to MS-Word document processing

libreofficellm-libreoffice-4436fef4e7efb516

Potential vulnerability related to MS-Word document processing

nessusllm-nessus-17c44fb048370068

Potential vulnerability related to MS-Word document processing

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00005.html
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/38567
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secunia.com / advisories/38568
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secunia.com / advisories/38695
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secunia.com / advisories/38921
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secunia.com / advisories/41818
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secunia.com / advisories/60799
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securitytracker.com / id
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/56240
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10423
Tool Signature
debian.org / security/2010/dsa-1995
Third Party Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-19.xml
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
openoffice.org / security/bulletin.html
Vendor Advisory
openoffice.org / security/cves/CVE-2009-3301-3302.html
Vendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2010-175626.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2010-0101.html
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/38218
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-903-1
Third Party Advisory
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA10-287A.html
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0366
Broken Link
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/0635
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vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/2905
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