CVE-2012-2665

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    CVE-2012-2665

    Published: 6 Aug 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the XML manifest encryption tag parsing functionality in OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice before 3.5.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Open Document Text (.odt) file with (1) a child tag within an incorrect parent tag, (2) duplicate tags, or (3) a Base64 ChecksumAttribute whose length is not evenly divisible by four.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1135.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/50142, http://secunia.com/advisories/50146, http://secunia.com/advisories/50692, http://secunia.com/advisories/60799, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-05.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2520, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-19.xml, http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2012-2665/, http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2012-05.txt, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54769, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027331, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027332, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1536-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1537-1, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826077, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826077, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54769, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027331, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027332

    Affected packages

    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