# CVE-2010-3453: The WW8ListManager::WW8ListManager function in oowriter in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.x and 3.x before 3.3 does not properly handle an unspecifi

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2011-01-28 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The WW8ListManager::WW8ListManager function in oowriter in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.x and 3.x before 3.3 does not properly handle an unspecified number of list levels in user-defined list styles in WW8 data in a Microsoft Word document, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted .DOC file that triggers an out-of-bounds write.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/40775
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46031
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2151
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60799
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2011-301950.html
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-19.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43118
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43065
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0230
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025002
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-3453_CVE-2010-3454.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0232
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=640950
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0182.html
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1056-1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0181.html
- http://osvdb.org/70714
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0279
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43105
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:027
- http://www.vsecurity.com/resources/advisory/20110126-1
- http://www.cs.brown.edu/people/drosenbe/research.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42999

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