19717 : AbiWord RTF Document Importer Overflow
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Last Modified
about 1 year ago

Percent Complete
100%

Disclosure
Sep 29, 2005

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Unknown

Solution
Unknown

Description

 A local buffer overflow exists in Abiword. The RTF importer fails to properly bound check user-supplied data resulting in a stack buffer overflow. With a specially crafted RTF file, an attacker can execute arbitrary code resulting in a loss of confidentiality.

Classification

 Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

 Upgrade to version 2.2.10 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products
AbiSource Community
Watch-list
AbiWord
Watch-list
 2.2.9
2.2.8
2.2.7
2.2.6
2.2.5
2.2.4
2.2.3
2.2.2
2.2.1
2.2.0
2.0.12
2.0.11
2.0.10
2.0.9
2.0.8
2.0.7
2.0.5
2.0.4
2.0.3
2.0.2
2.0.1

References

Tools & Filters
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Credit
  • Chris Evans - chrisscary.beasts.org -

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-09-29 | Disagree?

Access_vector_2 Access_complexity_2 Authentication_2 Confidentiality_impact_1 Integrity_impact_1 Availability_impact_1

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