--- title: "CVE-2006-3117\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-3117?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2006-3117 Publication date 30 June 2006 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenOffice.org (aka StarOffice) 1.1.x up to 1.1.5 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted OpenOffice XML document that is not properly handled by (1) Calc, (2) Draw, (3) Impress, (4) Math, or (5) Writer, aka "File Format / Buffer Overflow Vulnerability." ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | openoffice.org | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.2.0-1ubuntu4 | | 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.0.4-0ubuntu6 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.0.2-2ubuntu12.4 | | openoffice.org-amd64 | 7.04 feisty | Not in release | | 6.10 edgy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.0.2-2ubuntu12.4-1 | | openoffice.org-l10n | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.0.4-0ubuntu1 | | 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.0.4-0ubuntu1 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-3117) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3117) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-3117) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3117) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-313-2](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-313-2) + OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities + 19 July 2006 + [USN-313-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-313-1) + OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities + 12 July 2006 ### Other references *