CVE-2006-5870 Integer overflow in n/a
Critical 9.3
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2006-5870 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2006-5870 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Jan 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5870 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5870/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-5870/index.md)
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code by tricking users into opening malicious WMF or EMF files in OpenOffice.org or StarOffice.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2006-5870?
CVE-2006-5870 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Jan 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Multiple integer overflows in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.0.4 and earlier, and possibly other versions before 2.1.0; and StarOffice 6 through 8; allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (a) WMF or (b) EMF file that triggers heap-based buffer overflows in (1) wmf/winwmf.cxx, during processing of META_ESCAPE records; and wmf/enhwmf.cxx, during processing of (2) EMR_POLYPOLYGON and (3) EMR_POLYPOLYGON16 records.
Weakness: CWE-189
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5870?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (36)
openoffice.org Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:1.1.2-35.2.0.EL3 |
openoffice.org-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:1.1.2-35.2.0.EL3 |
openoffice.org-i18n Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:1.1.2-35.2.0.EL3 |
openoffice.org-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as | All versions | 0:1.1.2-35.2.0.EL3 |
openoffice.org Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:1.1.2-35.2.0.EL3 |
openoffice.org-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:1.1.2-35.2.0.EL3 |
openoffice.org-i18n Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:1.1.2-35.2.0.EL3 |
openoffice.org-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop | All versions | 0:1.1.2-35.2.0.EL3 |
openoffice.org Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:1.1.2-35.2.0.EL3 |
openoffice.org-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:1.1.2-35.2.0.EL3 |
openoffice.org-i18n Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:1.1.2-35.2.0.EL3 |
openoffice.org-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es | All versions | 0:1.1.2-35.2.0.EL3 |
openoffice.org Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:1.1.2-35.2.0.EL3 |
openoffice.org-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:1.1.2-35.2.0.EL3 |
openoffice.org-i18n Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:1.1.2-35.2.0.EL3 |
openoffice.org-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws | All versions | 0:1.1.2-35.2.0.EL3 |
openoffice.org Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.1.5-6.6.0.EL4 |
openoffice.org-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.1.5-6.6.0.EL4 |
openoffice.org-i18n Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.1.5-6.6.0.EL4 |
openoffice.org-kde Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.1.5-6.6.0.EL4 |
openoffice.org-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::as | All versions | 0:1.1.5-6.6.0.EL4 |
openoffice.org Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.1.5-6.6.0.EL4 |
openoffice.org-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.1.5-6.6.0.EL4 |
openoffice.org-i18n Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.1.5-6.6.0.EL4 |
openoffice.org-kde Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.1.5-6.6.0.EL4 |
openoffice.org-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::desktop | All versions | 0:1.1.5-6.6.0.EL4 |
openoffice.org Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.1.5-6.6.0.EL4 |
openoffice.org-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.1.5-6.6.0.EL4 |
openoffice.org-i18n Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.1.5-6.6.0.EL4 |
openoffice.org-kde Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.1.5-6.6.0.EL4 |
openoffice.org-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::es | All versions | 0:1.1.5-6.6.0.EL4 |
openoffice.org Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.1.5-6.6.0.EL4 |
openoffice.org-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.1.5-6.6.0.EL4 |
openoffice.org-i18n Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.1.5-6.6.0.EL4 |
openoffice.org-kde Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.1.5-6.6.0.EL4 |
openoffice.org-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:4::ws | All versions | 0:1.1.5-6.6.0.EL4 |
Products include Openoffice Openoffice, Sun Staroffice.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5870?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2006-5870 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5870 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DSA-1246-1, GHSA-564p-qwx9-wr9r, RHSA-2007:0001.