CVE-2012-2149

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-06-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

The WPXContentListener::_closeTableRow function in WPXContentListener.cpp in libwpd 0.8.8, as used by OpenOffice.org (OOo) before 3.4, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Wordperfect .WPD document that causes a negative array index to be used. NOTE: some sources report this issue as an integer overflow.

Affected products

Apache Openoffice.Org: through 3.4; 3.3
Libwpd: 0.8.8
RedHat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications: all versions
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 5.0

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0090.html
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112862/libwpd-WPXContentListener-_closeTableRow-Memory-Overwrite.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1043.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/46992
http://secunia.com/advisories/60799
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-19.xml
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2012-2149.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53570
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027069
https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20120518-0_openoffice_memory_overwrite.txt
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0090.html
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112862/libwpd-WPXContentListener-_closeTableRow-Memory-Overwrite.html

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