CVE-2005-2971

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Heap-based buffer overflow in the KWord RTF importer for KOffice 1.2.0 through 1.4.1 allows remote attackers to execute

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.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.06519

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EPSS percentile: top 9% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Public exploit or PoC is available
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

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Affected Products & Versions

kde kofficeall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

pocscary.beasts.org · CESA-2005-005.txtscary.beasts.org

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Scoring & Timeline

7.5

HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com

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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.

v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published to NVD20 Oct 2005 · 10:02 AM

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Vendor Advisories

usnUSN-202-1

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/17171

http://secunia.com/advisories/17190

http://secunia.com/advisories/17212

http://secunia.com/advisories/17332

http://secunia.com/advisories/17480

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http://secunia.com/advisories/17486

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015035

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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