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.
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-894-1 New AbiWord packages fix arbitrary code execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-203-1 Abiword vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T22:53:29.907Z

Reserved: 2005-09-19T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-2972

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-10-23T10:02:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-2972

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