CVE-2005-2971

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 200510-12

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

KDE Security Advisory: Chris Evans reported a heap based buffer overflow in the RTF importer of KWord. Opening specially crafted RTF files in KWord can cause execution of arbitrary code. Affected are all KOffice releases starting from KOffice 1.2.0 up to and including KOffice 1.4.1.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2005-09-19 CVE Reserved
2005-10-12 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2024-08-07 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (18)

URL	Tag	Source
http://secunia.com/advisories/17171	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17190	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17212	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17332	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17480	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17486	Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015035	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22562	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-005.txt	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/17145	2018-10-03
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-12.xml	2018-10-03
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051011-1.txt	2018-10-03
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15060	2018-10-03

URL	Date	SRC
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.388487	2018-10-03
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-872	2018-10-03
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html	2018-10-03
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-October/msg00042.html	2018-10-03
https://usn.ubuntu.com/202-1	2018-10-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Koffice Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice"				1.2 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice" and version "1.2"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Koffice Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice"				1.2.1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice" and version "1.2.1"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Koffice Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice"				1.3 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice" and version "1.3"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Koffice Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice"				1.3.1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice" and version "1.3.1"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Koffice Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice"				1.3.2 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice" and version "1.3.2"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Koffice Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice"				1.3.3 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice" and version "1.3.3"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Koffice Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice"				1.3.4 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice" and version "1.3.4"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Koffice Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice"				1.3.5 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice" and version "1.3.5"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Koffice Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice"				1.3_beta1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice" and version "1.3_beta1"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Koffice Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice"				1.3_beta2 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice" and version "1.3_beta2"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Koffice Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice"				1.3_beta3 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice" and version "1.3_beta3"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Koffice Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice"				1.4 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice" and version "1.4"		-		Affected
Kde Search vendor "Kde"		Koffice Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice"				1.4.1 Search vendor "Kde" for product "Koffice" and version "1.4.1"		-		Affected