CVE-2010-3451 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code or crash the application by tricking users into opening a malicious RTF document with malformed tables.
- 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-2010-3451?
CVE-2010-3451 is a critical use after free vulnerability in Apache Openoffice, published on 28 Jan 2011. 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
Use-after-free vulnerability in oowriter in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.x and 3.x before 3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via malformed tables in an RTF document.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3451?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Apache Openoffice, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2010-3451?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2010-3451 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3451 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apache Openoffice
Sources
Also known as GHSA-ww39-6r8q-4hxx.