CVE-2009-0259: Openoffice Openoffice.org

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 7.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Word processor in OpenOffice.org 1.1.2 through 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) .doc, (2) .wri, or (3) .rtf Word 97 file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in December 2008, as demonstrated by 2008-crash.doc.rar, and a similar issue to CVE-2008-4841.

Affected products

• Openoffice Openoffice.org: version 1.1.2 only; version 1.1.3 only; version 1.1.4 only; version 1.1.5 only

Published 2009-01-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.