CVE-2012-2665

high

Published 2012-08-06 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Red Hat Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
6.0	Affected	—

Ubuntu Affected 4 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
12.04	Affected	—
11.10	Affected	—
11.04	Affected	—
10.04	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 7 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1:3.5.4-7`
sid	Fixed	`1:3.5.4-7`
forky	Fixed	`1:3.5.4-7`
bullseye	Fixed	`1:3.5.4-7`
bookworm	Fixed	`1:3.5.4-7`
7.0	Affected	—
6.0	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
apache	openoffice	`{"endExcluding":"3.4.1"}`	`3.4.1`
libreoffice	libreoffice	`{"endExcluding":"3.5.5"}`	`3.5.5`

References

CWEs

CWE-787

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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