KDE KOffice up to 1.4.1 heap-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in KDE KOffice up to 1.4.1. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2005-2971. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in KDE KOffice up to 1.4.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Heap-based buffer overflow in the KWord RTF importer for KOffice 1.2.0 through 1.4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTF file.

The bug was discovered 10/11/2005. The weakness was published 10/20/2005 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at debian.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-2971 since 09/19/2005. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22738 (Debian DSA-872-1 : koffice - buffer overflow), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 6 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (22562), Tenable (22738), SecurityFocus (BID 15060†), OSVDB (19909†) and Secunia (SA17145†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Heap-based overflow
CWE: CWE-122 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 22738
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-872-1 : koffice - buffer overflow
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OpenVAS ID: 55749
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 872-1 (koffice)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kde.org

Advisory: debian.org
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2005-2971 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-2971
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-26600
X-Force: 22562
SecurityFocus: 15060 - KDE KOffice KWord RTF Import Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 17145 - KOffice KWord RTF Importer Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 19909 - KDE - KOffice KWord RTF Import Remote Buffer Overflow Issue
SecurityTracker: 1015035
Vulnerability Center: 9437 - Buffer Overflow in KDE KOffice KWord RTF Importer, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 23:39
Updated: 06/10/2019 14:14
Changes: 03/11/2015 23:39 (75), 06/10/2019 14:14 (10)
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