CVE-2005-2972

Medium

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 properly handled in the (1) ParseLevelText, (2) getCharsInsideBrace, (3) HandleLists, (4) or (5) HandleAbiLists functions in ie_imp_RTF.cpp, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2964.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.1
Exploit probability—
ProductAbisource Community Abiword
PublishedOct 23, 2005
First seenOct 23, 2005

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
abisource community_abiwordv ≤ 2.2.10—

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