7.5

CVE-2005-2971: kde koffice

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDSA-872-1
Published 20-10-2005Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-2971 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in kde koffice. EPSS estimates a 6.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.41%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 20-10-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the KWord RTF importer for KOffice 1.2.0 through 1.4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTF file.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

6.41%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 6.41% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
6.41%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (scary.beasts.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • koffice< 1:1.3.5-4.sarge.1
Kde1 product
  • koffice1.2 | 1.2.1 | 1.3 | 1.3.1 | 1.3.2 | 1.3.3 | 1.3.4 | 1.3.5 | 1.3_beta1 | 1.3_beta2 | 1.3_beta3 | 1.4 | 1.4.1

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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