CVE-2012-2149 (GCVE-0-2012-2149)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-06-21 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 19:26
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The WPXContentListener::_closeTableRow function in WPXContentListener.cpp in libwpd 0.8.8, as used by OpenOffice.org (OOo) before 3.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Wordperfect .WPD document that causes a negative array index to be used. NOTE: some sources report this issue as an integer overflow.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
10 references
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|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/60799 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-20140… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027069 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1043.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20120518-0_open… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/20… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53570 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
| http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2012-… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112862/libwp… | x_refsource_MISC |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/46992 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
Date Public
2012-05-16 00:00
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