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…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 4.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 34 days later
· 34 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
14
- 20015 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2005-2086 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 17199 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-894 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-203-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 17551 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17264 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-rc%40lists.debian.org/msg28251.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.abisource.com/changelogs/2.2.11.phtml (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 17213 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-006.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 15096 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-200510-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 17200 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-2972 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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