CVE-2012-2665

Summary

CVECVE-2012-2665
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-06 18:55:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 04:33:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple heap-based buffer overflows in the XML manifest encryption tag parsing functionality in OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice before 3.5.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Open Document Text (.odt) file with (1) a child tag within an incorrect parent tag, (2) duplicate tags, or (3) a Base64 ChecksumAttribute whose length is not evenly divisible by four.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-787

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Openoffice All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 11.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice All All All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5. rc1 All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.0 All All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.0 rc1 All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.0 rc2 All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.0 rc3 All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.1 All All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.1 rc1 All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.1 rc2 All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.2 All All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.2 rc1 All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.2 rc2 All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.3 All All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.3 rc1 All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.3 rc2 All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.4 rc2 All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5. rc1 All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.0 All All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.0 rc1 All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.0 rc2 All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.0 rc3 All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.1 All All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.1 rc1 All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.1 rc2 All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.2 All All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.2 rc1 All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.2 rc2 All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.3 All All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.3 rc1 All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.3 rc2 All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice 3.5.4 rc2 All All
Application Libreoffice Libreoffice All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server From Rhui 6 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0 All All All
Application Sun Openoffice.org All All All All
Application Sun Openoffice.org All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Alerts - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Security Alerts - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
USN-1537-1: OpenOffice.org vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Security Advisory SA60799 - Gentoo openoffice Multiple Vulnerabilties - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Security Alerts - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
USN-1536-1: LibreOffice vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
CVE-2012-0037 » LibreOffice MISC www.libreoffice.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- LibreOffice: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO security.gentoo.org
CVE-2012-2665 | LibreOffice - Free Office Suite - Fun Project - Fantastic People CONFIRM www.libreoffice.org
www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2012-05.txt MISC www.pre-cert.de
OpenOffice.org XML Manifest Encryption Handling Heap Overflows Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- OpenOffice, LibreOffice: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO www.gentoo.org
LibreOffice XML Manifest Encryption Handling Heap Overflows Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Bug 826077 – CVE-2012-2665 openoffice.org, libreoffice: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the XML manifest encryption handling code MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
LibreOffice and OpenOffice Multiple Heap Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2012-2665 MISC access.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2520-1 openoffice.org DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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