CVE-2005-2971

high

Description

Heap-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.

References

https://usn.ubuntu.com/202-1/

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22562

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15060

http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-October/msg00042.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html

http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051011-1.txt

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-12.xml

http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-872

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.388487

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015035

http://secunia.com/advisories/17486

http://secunia.com/advisories/17480

http://secunia.com/advisories/17332

http://secunia.com/advisories/17212

http://secunia.com/advisories/17190

http://secunia.com/advisories/17171

http://secunia.com/advisories/17145/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2005-10-20

Updated: 2025-04-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H