CVE-2012-2334

Public Exploit

Description

Integer overflow in filter/source/msfilter/msdffimp.cxx in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 3.3, 3.4 Beta, and possibly earlier, and LibreOffice before 3.5.3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the length of an Escher graphics record in a PowerPoint (.ppt) document, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 11.88% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory libreoffice.org Vendor Advisory openoffice.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/60799 third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=821803
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-19.xml vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:090 vendor advisory
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0091.html mailing list
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=512401decb286ba0fc3031939b8f7de8649c502e patch exploit
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082168.html vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53570 vdb entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/28/2 mailing list
http://securitytracker.com/id?1027070 vdb entry
http://www.libreoffice.org/advisories/cve-2012-2334/ vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2487 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/46992 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=28a6558f9d3ca2dda3191f8b5b3f2378ee2533da patch exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/47244 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75695 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/49392 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49373 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0705.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:091 vendor advisory
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2012-2334.html vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/82517 vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2012-2334?
CVE-2012-2334 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2012-2334?
To fix CVE-2012-2334, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2012-2334 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2012-2334 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~12% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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