OSVDB ID: 83589

Title: WordPerfect Document importer/exporter (libwpd) Malformed Document Handling Unspecified DoS

Info

Disclosure

Nov 16, 2010

Discovery

Unknown

Dates

Exploit

Unknown

Solution

Nov 16, 2010

Description

WordPerfect Document importer/exporter (libwpd) contains a flaw that may allow a denial of service. The issue is triggered when an unspecified error occurs during the handling of a specially crafted document, and will result in loss of availability for the program.

Classification

Location: Context Dependent
Attack Type: Denial of Service
Impact: Loss of Availability
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.9.0 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Fridrich Strba, Marc Maurer, and William Lachance

WordPerfect Document importer/exporter (libwpd)

0.8.14

References

Related OSVDB ID: 1195438 83586 83587 83588 83590 83591 83593 83594 83598 83600 83601 83602 83603
Vendor URL: http://libwpd.sourceforge.net/
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libwpd/

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

Direct URL: http://osvdb.org/83589