CVE-2012-2665
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Out-of-bounds write
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)7%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1135.htmlAdvisory
- 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.xmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2520Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-19.xmlAdvisory