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CVE-2005-2972

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.1 Published: 2005-10-23 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Abisource Community Abiword

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References