CVE-2007-4251

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.

Published: 2007-08-08 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-4251 is rated Moderate Risk (44.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.94%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-4251

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-19 0.78% 0.94% +0.16%
2 2025-05-28 0.68% 0.78% +0.10%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.68% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-4251

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-4251

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-4251

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-4251
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-4251 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (openoffice.org), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): ignored 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-4251

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2007-4251

  • Mandriva (2007-09-18T00:00:00)

    This issue crashes OpenOffice.org only if a user opens a malicious document. Mandriva does not consider this a security issue.

  • Red Hat (2007-08-14T00:00:00)

    Red Hat does not consider this flaw a security issue. This flaw will only crash OpenOffice.org if a victim opens a malicious document.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-4251

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openoffice openoffice 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-4251

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