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title: "CVE-2008-2237\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-2237

Publication date 30 October 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.x before 2.4.2 allows
remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WMF file
associated with a StarOffice/StarSuite document.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openoffice.org | 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1:2.4.1-11ubuntu2.1 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.1 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 1:2.3.0-1ubuntu5.5 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.0.2-2ubuntu12.7 |
| openoffice.org-amd64 | 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 2.0.2-2ubuntu12.7-2 |

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* [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-2008-2237)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2237)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-2237)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2237)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-677-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-677-1)
+ OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities
+ 26 November 2008

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-2237>