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Medium
CVE-2006-6120
Integer overflow in the KPresenter import filter for Microsoft PowerPoint...
Vulnerability Description
Integer overflow in the KPresenter import filter for Microsoft PowerPoint files (filters/olefilters/lib/klaola.cc) in KOffice before 1.6.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PPT file, which results in a heap-based buffer overflow.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4771
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23220
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23143
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21354
- http://websvn.kde.org/branches/koffice/1.6/koffice/filters/olefilters/lib/klaola.cc?rev=607037&r1=566347&r2=607037
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017318
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23409
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24218
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-388-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:222
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-05.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0010.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453550/100/0/threaded
- http://www.koffice.org/announcements/changelog-1.6.1.php
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_29_sr.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30624
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23162
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20061204-1.txt
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
koffice
Vulnerable Versions:
1.6.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 3rd, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.