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CVE-2012-2665
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the XML manifest encryption tag parsing functionality in OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice before…
High7.5EPSS 7.0%
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- redhat
Description
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.0% · top 5.8% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (16)
- 60799 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-201408-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- GLSA-201209-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826077 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- DSA-2520 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- USN-1536-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:1135 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2012-05.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 54769 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 50692 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1027332 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 1027331 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 50142 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-1537-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2012-2665/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 50146 (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)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .