Buffer overflow in OpenOffice - CVE-2021-33035
Published: October 11, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU57210
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-33035
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing dBase/DBF files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted DBF document, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
OpenOffice
How to mitigate CVE-2021-33035
Install updates from vendor's website.
OpenOffice - update to 4.1.11
External References
- https://github.com/apache/openoffice/commit/efddaef0151af3be16078cc4d88c6bae0f911e56#diff-ea66e734dd358922aba12ad4ba39c96bdc6cbde587d07dbc63d04daa0a30e90f
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r929c0c6a53cad64a1007b878342756badbb05ddd9b8f31a6d0b424cb@%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1ab8532e11f41bc7ca057ac7e39cab25f2e1f9d5f4929788ae21c8b9@%3Cusers.openoffice.apache.org%3E
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/07/3