CVE-2012-2665

high
Published 2012-08-06 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the XML manifest encryption tag parsing functionality in OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice before 3.5.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Open Document Text (.odt) file with (1) a child tag within an incorrect parent tag, (2) duplicate tags, or (3) a Base64 ChecksumAttribute whose length is not evenly divisible by four.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2665

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2012-2665/

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
ubuntu ubuntu10.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu11.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu11.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
debian debianbookwormfixed1:3.5.4-7
debian debianbullseyefixed1:3.5.4-7
debian debianforkyfixed1:3.5.4-7
debian debiansidfixed1:3.5.4-7
debian debiantrixiefixed1:3.5.4-7
debian debian6.0affected
debian debian7.0affected
redhat rhel6.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
apache apacheopenoffice{"endExcluding":"3.4.1"}3.4.1
libreofficelibreoffice{"endExcluding":"3.5.5"}3.5.5

References

CWEs

CWE-787

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.