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Vulnerability record · CVE-2005-2972 · published 23 October 2005

CVE-2005-2972: Abisource community abiword memory buffer overflow vulnerability

AAbisource · Community Abiword

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the RTF import feature in AbiWord before 2.2.11 allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an RTF file with long identifiers, which are not properly handled in the (1) ParseLevelText, (2) getCharsInsideBrace, (3) HandleLists, (4) or (5) HandleAbiLists functions in ie_imp_RTF.cpp, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2964.

5.1 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 4.1% · top 9.6% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
5.1CVSS 2.0 base score
4.1%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
28References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the RTF import feature in AbiWord before 2.2.11 allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an RTF file with long identifiers, which are not properly handled in the (1) ParseLevelText, (2) getCharsInsideBrace, (3) HandleLists, (4) or (5) HandleAbiLists functions in ie_imp_RTF.cpp, a different vulnerability than CVE-2005-2964.

AV:N/AC:H/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://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-006.txt ExploitVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17199 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17200 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17213 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17264 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17551 Vendor Advisory
http://www.abisource.com/changelogs/2.2.11.phtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-894
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-17.xml PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-rc%40lists.debian.org/msg28251.html
http://www.osvdb.org/20015
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15096
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2086 Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/203-1/
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-006.txt ExploitVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17199 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17200 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17213 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17264 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17551 Vendor Advisory
http://www.abisource.com/changelogs/2.2.11.phtml
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-894
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-17.xml PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-rc%40lists.debian.org/msg28251.html
http://www.osvdb.org/20015
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15096
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2086 Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/203-1/

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2005-2972), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.