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CVE-2005-2972

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-2972 describes multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the RTF import feature of AbiWord versions prior to 2.2.11. This vulnerability allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious RTF files containing overly long identifiers. With a CVSS score of 5.1, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high access complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.2.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:abisource:community_abiword:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0410 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

scary.beasts.org / security/CESA-2005-006.txt
ExploitVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17199
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17200
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17213
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17264
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/17551
Vendor Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 203-1
abisource.com / changelogs/2.2.11.phtml
debian.org / security/2005/dsa-894
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-17.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
mail-archive.com / debian-bugs-rc%40lists.debian.org/msg28251.html
osvdb.org / 20015
securityfocus.com / bid/15096
vupen.com / english/advisories/2005/2086
Vendor Advisory