CVE-2012-2334

Exp

Integer overflow in filter/source/msfilter/msdffimp.cxx in OpenOffice.org (OOo) 3.3, 3.4 Beta, and possibly earlier, and LibreOffice before 3.5.3, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the length of an Escher graphics record in a PowerPoint (.ppt) document, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Published: 2012-06-19 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2012-2334 is rated High Exploit Risk (80.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 13.04%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.53% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: 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-2012-2334

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2334

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 8.52% 13.04% +4.53%
2 2025-12-14 9.29% 8.52% -0.78%
3 2025-12-10 9.29%

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2334

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2334

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-2334

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2012-2334 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libreoffice), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2334
gentoo normal CVE-2012-2334: 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-2012-2334
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2334
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-2334 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (libreoffice, openoffice.org), 12 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, upstream): not-affected 4, released 4, DNE 2, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2334

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2334

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache openoffice.org 3.3 cpe:2.3:a:apache:openoffice.org:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache openoffice.org 3.4 cpe:2.3:a:apache:openoffice.org:3.4:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice <= 3.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 3.5 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2334

URL Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-05/0091.html
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=28a6558f9d3ca2dda3191f8b5b3f2378ee2533da Exploit Patch
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=512401decb286ba0fc3031939b8f7de8649c502e Exploit Patch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082168.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0705.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/46992 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/47244 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49373 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49392 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60799
http://securitytracker.com/id?1027070
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2487
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-19.xml
http://www.libreoffice.org/advisories/cve-2012-2334/ Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:090
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:091
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2012-2334.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/28/2
http://www.osvdb.org/82517
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53570
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=821803
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/75695
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