CVE-2013-2189

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Published 2013-07-31 · Modified 2026-04-29

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

6.8

VIR risk

6.8

Description

Apache OpenOffice.org (OOo) before 4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via invalid PLCF data in a DOC document file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2189

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2013-2189.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1:3.4.3-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1:3.4.3-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`1:3.4.3-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`1:3.4.3-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1:3.4.3-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
apache	openoffice	`{"endExcluding":"4.0.0"}`	`4.0.0`

References

http://osvdb.org/95704
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2013/Jul/173
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2013-2189.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2189

CWEs

CWE-787

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.