Heap-based buffer overflow in Impress in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 2.x and 3.x before 3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file in an ODF or Microsoft Office document, as demonstrated by a PowerPoint (aka PPT) document.
CVE-2010-4253
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 95.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
January 28, 2011
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (38)
- secalert@redhathttp://osvdb.org/70717
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/40775
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/42999
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/43065
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/43105
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/60799
- secalert@redhathttp://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1056-1
- secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2151
- secalert@redhathttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-19.xml
- secalert@redhathttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:027
- secalert@redhathttp://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2010-4253.html
- secalert@redhathttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2011-301950.html
- secalert@redhathttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0182.html
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46031
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025002
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2010-4253(2)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(3)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | openoffice.org-core (1:3.2.0-7ubuntu4.2) @ lucid | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| redhat | openoffice.org-1:3.1.1-19.5.el5_5.6 | 2011-01-28 | redhat |
| redhat | openoffice.org-1:3.2.1-19.6.el6_0.5 | 2011-01-28 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
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