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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.10% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2005-10-23 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 22:53Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-09-19
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 1aac9617d7edab6765d957ab872ca57592519871275462a17853a45081112851
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.osvdb.org20015http://www.osvdb.org/20015
- www.vupen.comADV-2005-2086http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2086
- secunia.com17199http://secunia.com/advisories/17199
- www.debian.orgDSA-894http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-894
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-203-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/203-1/
- secunia.com17551http://secunia.com/advisories/17551
- secunia.com17264http://secunia.com/advisories/17264
- www.mail-archive.comhttp://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-rc%40lists.debian.org/msg28251.html
- www.abisource.comhttp://www.abisource.com/changelogs/2.2.11.phtml
- secunia.com17213http://secunia.com/advisories/17213
- scary.beasts.orghttp://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-006.txt
- www.securityfocus.com15096http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15096
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200510-17http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-17.xml
- secunia.com17200http://secunia.com/advisories/17200
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- abiword Fixed in 2.4.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- abiword Fixed in 2.4.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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