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CVE-2007-0002 Detail

Current Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in WordPerfect Document importer/exporter (libwpd) before 0.8.9 allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted WordPerfect file in which values to loop counters are not properly handled in the (1) WP3TablesGroup::_readContents and (2) WP5DefinitionGroup_DefineTablesSubGroup::WP5DefinitionGroup_DefineTablesSubGroup functions. NOTE: the integer overflow has been split into CVE-2007-1466.


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Evaluator Solution

This vulnerability has been addressed by the vendor through a product update: http://sourceforge.net/projects/libwpd/

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2805 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=490 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Mar/0007.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://secunia.com/advisories/24465 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24507 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24557 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24572 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24573 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24580 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24581 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24588 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24591 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24593 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24613 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24794 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24856 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/24906 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200704-07.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.399659 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=494122 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102863-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1268 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1270 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200704-12.xml CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:063 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:064 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0055.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463033/100/0/threaded CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23006 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017789 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-437-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0976 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1032 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1339 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11535 CVE, Inc., Red Hat

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-0002
NVD Published Date:
03/16/2007
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.