Unscored severity · published Jan 28, 2011
CVE-2010-4253
Heap-based buffer overflow in Impress 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…
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CVSS
10.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Impress 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 a crafted PNG file in an ODF or Microsoft Office document, as demonstrated by a PowerPoint (aka PPT) document.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)10.1% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
5.0; 6.0 · source: NVD
OP
Openoffice · Apache
2.0.0 before 3.3.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
8.04; 9.10; 10.04; 10.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4253
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4253
Broken Link
http://osvdb.org/70717
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/40775
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/42999
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43065
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/43105
Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/60799
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