--- title: "CVE-2007-2834\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-2007-2834?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2007-2834 Publication date 18 September 2007 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Integer overflow in the TIFF parser in OpenOffice.org (OOo) before 2.3; and Sun StarOffice 6, 7, and 8 Office Suite (StarSuite); allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a TIFF file with crafted values of unspecified length fields, which triggers allocation of an incorrect amount of memory, resulting in a heap-based buffer overflow. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-2834?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | openoffice.org | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 2.2.0-1ubuntu5 | | 6.10 edgy | Fixed 2.0.4-0ubuntu7 | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.0.2-2ubuntu12.5 | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand) upstream says fixed in 2.3.0, but gutsy has 2.3.0~rc1-1ubuntu2. Flagging as needed until can confirm it is not. on 2007/09/27 kees said that calc was taking care of it ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-2834) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2834) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-2834) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-2834) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-524-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-524-1) + OpenOffice.org vulnerability + 4 October 2007 ### Other references *