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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-2964 · published 28 September 2005

CVE-2005-2964: Abisource community abiword vulnerability

AAbisource · Community Abiword

Stack-based buffer overflow in AbiWord before 2.2.10 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via the RTF import mechanism.

7.5 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 4.6% · top 8.7%
7.5CVSS 2.0 base score
4.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
34References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in AbiWord before 2.2.10 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via the RTF import mechanism.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/16982
http://secunia.com/advisories/16990
http://secunia.com/advisories/17012
http://secunia.com/advisories/17052
http://secunia.com/advisories/17070
http://secunia.com/advisories/17215
http://secunia.com/advisories/17551
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014982
http://www.abiword.org/release-notes/2.2.10.phtml Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-894
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-20.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-04.xml
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html
http://www.osvdb.org/19717
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14971
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-188-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22454
http://secunia.com/advisories/16982
http://secunia.com/advisories/16990
http://secunia.com/advisories/17012
http://secunia.com/advisories/17052
http://secunia.com/advisories/17070
http://secunia.com/advisories/17215
http://secunia.com/advisories/17551
http://securitytracker.com/id?1014982
http://www.abiword.org/release-notes/2.2.10.phtml Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-894
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-20.xml
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-04.xml
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html
http://www.osvdb.org/19717
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14971
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-188-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22454

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-2964), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.