CVEvulnerability
CVE-2012-2149
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2012-06-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-189
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• redhat enterprise linux optional productivity applications
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 5.0
• apache openoffice.org (<= 3.4)
• apache openoffice.org 3.3
• libwpd libwpd 0.8.8
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0090.html archives.neohapsis.com
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112862/libwpd-WPXContentListener-_closeTableRow-Memory-Overwrite.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1043.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46992 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60799 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-19.xml www.gentoo.org
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2012-2149.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53570 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027069 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20120518-0_openoffice_memory_overwrite.txt Exploit
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0090.html archives.neohapsis.com
- http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112862/libwpd-WPXContentListener-_closeTableRow-Memory-Overwrite.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1043.html Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/46992 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60799 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-19.xml www.gentoo.org
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2012-2149.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53570 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027069 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20120518-0_openoffice_memory_overwrite.txt Exploit