CVE-2012-2665 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2012-2665

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the XML manifest encryption tag...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

openoffice, libreoffice, ubuntu linux, debian linux, enterprise linux, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux for ibm z systems, enterprise linux for power big endian, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux server from rhui 6, enterprise linux workstation
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 10.04, 11.04, 11.10, 12.04, 6.0, 7.0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 6th, 2012
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.