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    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 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.

    Published:Oct 23, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Oct 23, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.02704
    CVSS Score:5.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Abisource
    Product
    Community Abiword

    Exploits

    http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-006.txthttp://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-006.txt

    References

    http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-006.txt
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17199
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17200
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17213
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17264
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17551
    http://www.abisource.com/changelogs/2.2.11.phtml
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-894
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-17.xml
    http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-rc%40lists.debian.org/msg28251.html
    http://www.osvdb.org/20015
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15096
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2086
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/203-1/
    http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-006.txt
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17199
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17200
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17213
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17264
    http://secunia.com/advisories/17551
    http://www.abisource.com/changelogs/2.2.11.phtml
    http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-894
    http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-17.xml
    http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-rc%40lists.debian.org/msg28251.html
    http://www.osvdb.org/20015
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15096
    http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2086
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/203-1/

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High