CVE-2005-2971

Exp

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.

Published: 2005-10-20 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-2971 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.52%, 90th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-2971

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-2971

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 7.44% 6.52% -0.92%
2 2025-03-29 6.52% 7.44% +0.92%
3 2025-03-23 — 6.52% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-2971

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-2971

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-2971

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-2971 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (koffice), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-2971

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-2971

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
kde koffice 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:koffice:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde koffice 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:koffice:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde koffice 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:koffice:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde koffice 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:koffice:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde koffice 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:koffice:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde koffice 1.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:koffice:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde koffice 1.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:kde:koffice:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde koffice 1.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:kde:koffice:1.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde koffice 1.3_beta1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:koffice:1.3_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde koffice 1.3_beta2 cpe:2.3:a:kde:koffice:1.3_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde koffice 1.3_beta3 cpe:2.3:a:kde:koffice:1.3_beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde koffice 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:kde:koffice:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
kde koffice 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:kde:koffice:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-2971

URL Tags
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-005.txt Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17145/ Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/17171
http://secunia.com/advisories/17190
http://secunia.com/advisories/17212
http://secunia.com/advisories/17332
http://secunia.com/advisories/17480
http://secunia.com/advisories/17486
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015035
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.388487
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-872
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-12.xml Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051011-1.txt Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-October/msg00042.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15060 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22562
https://usn.ubuntu.com/202-1/
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