CVE-2012-2149

Exp

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.

Published: 2012-06-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-2149 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 13.39%, 96th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.47% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2012-2149

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2149

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 2026-06-15 7.93% 13.39% +5.47%
2 2026-02-14 9.19% 7.93% -1.27%
3 2026-01-10 — 9.19% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2149

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-2012-2149

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-2149

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-2149 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libwpd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2149
gentoo normal CVE-2012-2149: 1 GLSA(s) (201408-19), 4 atom(s) (app-office/libreoffice, app-office/libreoffice-bin, app-office/openoffice, app-office/openoffice-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2012-2149
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2149
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-2149 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (libreoffice, libwpd, openoffice.org), 18 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, upstream): not-affected 7, ignored 6, DNE 2, needs-triage 2, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2149

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2149

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat enterprise_linux__optional_productivity_applications — cpe:2.3:a:redhat:enterprise_linux__optional_productivity_applications:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache openoffice.org <= 3.4 cpe:2.3:a:apache:openoffice.org:*:beta_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache openoffice.org 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:apache:openoffice.org:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libwpd libwpd 0.8.8 cpe:2.3:a:libwpd:libwpd:0.8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2149

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