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high 7.5

CVE-2012-2149 in the critical feed json

The WPXContentListener::_closeTableRow function in WPXContentListener.cpp in libwpd 0.8.8, as used by OpenOffice.org (OOo) before 3.4, allo…

published 2012-06-21 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-2144

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.7%
EPSS 13.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • libwpd Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.8.14-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2149

  • libwpd RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 0.8.7-3.1.el5_8
  • libwpd-tools RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 0.8.7-3.1.el5_8

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:1043

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-2149 updated cvss 6.8

libwpd: Memory overwrite flaw by processing certain WordPerfect (WPD) documents

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) libwpd 0.8.7-3.1.el5_8, libwpd-tools 0.8.7-3.1.el5_8 Red Hat RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) libwpd 0.8.7-3.1.el5_8 Red Hat RHEL Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) libwpd 0.8.7-3.1.el5_8, libwpd-tools 0.8.7-3.1.el5_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:1043
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libwpd, libwpd-tools
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

13.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • sec-consult.com https://www.sec-consult.com/files/20120518-0_openoffice_memory_overwrite.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • packetstormsecurity.org http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/112862/libwpd-WPXContentListener-_closeTableRow-Memory-Overwrite.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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