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title: "CVE-2009-2139\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-2139

Publication date 8 September 2009

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 svtools/source/filter.vcl/wmf/enhwmf.cxx in
Go-oo 2.x and 3.x before 3.0.1, previously named ooo-build and related to
OpenOffice.org (OOo), allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via
a crafted EMF file, a similar issue to CVE-2008-2238.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openoffice.org | 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1:2.4.1-11ubuntu2.2 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1:2.4.1-1ubuntu2.2 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-2139?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| openoffice.org | * Upstream:   [?id=49b](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/ooo-build/ooo-build/commit/?id=49b4e38571912a7d28c4044e5b2bd57e51c77d55) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2139)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2139)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-2139)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2139)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-840-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-840-1)
+ OpenOffice.org vulnerabilities
+ 1 October 2009

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2139>