CVE-2005-2971

Summary

CVECVE-2005-2971
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-10-20 10:02:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-03 21:31:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the KWord RTF importer for KOffice 1.2.0 through 1.4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTF file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Kde Koffice 1.2 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.2.1 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.3 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.3.1 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.3.2 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.3.3 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.3.4 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.3.5 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.3_beta1 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.3_beta2 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.3_beta3 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.4 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.4.1 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.2 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.2.1 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.3 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.3.1 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.3.2 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.3.3 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.3.4 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.3.5 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.3_beta1 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.3_beta2 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.3_beta3 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.4 All All All
Application Kde Koffice 1.4.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-872-1 koffice DEBIAN www.debian.org
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for koffice/kword SECUNIA secunia.com
scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-005.txt MISC scary.beasts.org Exploit, Vendor Advisory
USN-202-1: KOffice vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for koffice SECUNIA secunia.com
KDE KOffice KWord RTF Import Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Patch
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com
Secunia - Advisories - Slackware update for koffice SECUNIA secunia.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories SLACKWARE slackware.com
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 3 Update: koffice-1.4.2-0.FC3.2 FEDORA www.redhat.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - KDE KWord Buffer Overflow in Importing RTF Files May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK securitytracker.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for koffice SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - KOffice KWord RTF Importer Buffer Overflow Vulnerability SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051011-1.txt CONFIRM www.kde.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- KOffice, KWord: RTF import buffer overflow GENTOO www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for koffice-libs/kword SECUNIA secunia.com
Secunia - Advisories - SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages SECUNIA secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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