Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-4251 - Denial-Of-Service vulnerability in Openoffice 2.2
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
PARTIAL network
openoffice
Summary
OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.2 does not properly handle files with multiple extensions, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Statements
contributor Vincent Danen lastmodified 2007-09-18 organization Mandriva statement This issue crashes OpenOffice.org only if a user opens a malicious document. Mandriva does not consider this a security issue. contributor Mark J Cox lastmodified 2007-08-14 organization Red Hat statement Red Hat does not consider this flaw a security issue. This flaw will only crash OpenOffice.org if a victim opens a malicious document.