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CVE-2005-2972

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1 EPSS 4.10%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2005-10-23 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.1. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2005-2972
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.1
EPSS
4.10%

Original 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.