CVE-2012-2149

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2149
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-21 15:55:12 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe WPXContentListener::_closeTableRow function in WPXContentListener.cpp in libwpd 0.8.8, as used by OpenOffice.org (OOo) before 3.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Wordperfect .WPD document that causes a negative array index to be used. NOTE: some sources report this issue as an integer overflow.

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: CWE-189 | 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 Apache Openoffice.org 3.3 All All All
Application Apache Openoffice.org All beta_1 All All
Application Libwpd Libwpd 0.8.8 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0 All All All
Application Redhat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
libwpd WPXContentListener::_closeTableRow() Memory Overwrite ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.org Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Security Advisory SA46992 - OpenOffice.org Documents Processing Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0090.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
OpenOffice.org WordPerfect Library Memory Error Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- OpenOffice, LibreOffice: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
CVE-2012-2149 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openoffice.org Vendor Advisory
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Security Advisory SA60799 - Gentoo openoffice Multiple Vulnerabilties - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
404 - Page not found! - SEC Consult af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sec-consult.com Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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