CVE-2012-3455
Heap-based buffer overflow in the read function in filters/words/msword-odf/wv2/src/styles.cpp in the Microsoft import filter in KOffice 2.3.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.29%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the read function in filters/words/msword-odf/wv2/src/styles.cpp in the Microsoft import filter in KOffice 2.3.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ODF style in an ODF document. NOTE: this is the same vulnerability as CVE-2012-3456, but it was SPLIT by the CNA even though Calligra and KOffice share the same codebase.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 5.29% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- kde/koffice
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 5.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00040.html
- http://media.blackhat.com/bh-us-12/Briefings/C_Miller/BH_US_12_Miller_NFC_attack_surface_WP.pdf
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50199Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20120810-1.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/04/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/04/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/06/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/06/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/10/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54816
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1526-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77483
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00040.html
- http://media.blackhat.com/bh-us-12/Briefings/C_Miller/BH_US_12_Miller_NFC_attack_surface_WP.pdf
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50199Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20120810-1.txt
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/04/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/04/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/06/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/06/6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/10/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54816
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1526-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/77483
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.