CVE-2005-2964

Summary

CVECVE-2005-2964
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-09-28 21:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in AbiWord before 2.2.10 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via the RTF import mechanism.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Abisource Community Abiword All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - AbiWord Buffer Overflow in RTF Importer May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for abiword af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for abiword af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
usn/usn-188-1 - Ubuntu Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- AbiWord: RTF import stack-based buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Texinfo: Insecure temporary file creation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
www.osvdb.org/19717 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
AbiWord v2.2.10 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.abiword.org Patch
AbiWord RTF File Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian update for abiword - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - AbiWord RTF Importer Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-894-1 abiword af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for abiword af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for texinfo af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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