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CVE-2005-2972

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the RTF import feature in AbiWord before 2.2.11 allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an RTF file with long identifiers, which are not properly handled in the (1) ParseLevelText, (2) getCharsInsideBrace, (3) HandleLists, (4) or (5) HandleAbiLists functions in ie_imp_RTF.cpp, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2964.

Published

2005-10-23T10:02:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.1 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: HIGH
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

4.9

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-119

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	abisource	community_abiword	≤ 2.2.10	Yes

References

http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-006.txt Exploit, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17199 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17200 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17213 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17264 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/17551 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.abisource.com/changelogs/2.2.11.phtml ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-894 ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-17.xml Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-rc%40lists.debian.org/msg28251.html ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/20015 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15096 ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2086 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://usn.ubuntu.com/203-1/ ([email protected])
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-006.txt Exploit, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17199 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17200 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17213 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17264 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/17551 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.abisource.com/changelogs/2.2.11.phtml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-894 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-17.xml Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-rc%40lists.debian.org/msg28251.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/20015 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15096 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2086 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://usn.ubuntu.com/203-1/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)