CVE-2005-0941 Information

Description

The StgCompObjStream::Load function in OpenOffice.org OpenOffice 1.1.4 and earlier allocates memory based on 16 bit length values but process memory using 32 bit values which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a DOC document with certain length values which leads to a heap-based buffer overflow.

Reference

http://secunia.com/advisories/17027 http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200504-13.xml http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_21_sr.html http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=46388 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-375.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/395516 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/13092 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9106