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CVE-2005-2964

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2964 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in AbiWord versions prior to 2.2.10, specifically within its RTF import mechanism. This flaw allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems by crafting malicious RTF files. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.2.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:abisource:community_abiword:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.59%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0459 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/16982
secunia.com / advisories/16990
secunia.com / advisories/17012
secunia.com / advisories/17052
secunia.com / advisories/17070
secunia.com / advisories/17215
secunia.com / advisories/17551
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/22454
abiword.org / release-notes/2.2.10.phtml
Patch
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-894
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200509-20.xml
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-04.xml
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2005_23_sr.html
osvdb.org / 19717
securityfocus.com / bid/14971
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-188-1