CVE-2009-0259

Exp

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.

Published: 2009-01-22 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-0259 is rated High Exploit Risk (86.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 16.60%, 95th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.10% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-0259

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
6560 exploit_db edb 2008-09-25 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0259

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 2026-03-14 15.50% 16.60% +1.10%
2 2025-10-16 16.93% 15.50% -1.43%
3 2025-08-28 — 16.93% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0259

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.3 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-0259

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-0259

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0259
ubuntu medium CVE-2009-0259 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (openoffice.org), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): not-affected 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-0259

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2009-0259

  • Red Hat (2009-01-23T00:00:00)

    This issue can only result in an OpenOffice.org crash, not allowing arbitrary code execution. Red Hat does not consider a crash of a client application such as OpenOffice.org to be a security issue.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0259

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openoffice openoffice.org 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openoffice openoffice.org 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openoffice openoffice.org 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openoffice openoffice.org 1.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:openoffice:openoffice.org:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0259

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