PT-2014-8416 · Antiword+1 · Antiword+1

Fabian Keil · Published 2014-12-05 · Updated 2020-10-30 · CVE-2014-8123

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Antiword version 0.37

Description The issue is related to a buffer overflow in the bGetPPS function, located in the wordole.c file. This allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a crash, by using a crafted document.

Recommendations For Antiword version 0.37, consider applying a patch or fix to address the buffer overflow issue in the bGetPPS function. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-3168

ALT-PU-2020-3179

CVE-2014-8123

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Antiword

References · 11

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/02/1 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/01/4 · Exploit
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2020-3168 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8123 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-8123 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8123 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8123 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8123 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2020-3179 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/71386 · Note
• https://packages.altlinux.org/ru/vuln/CVE-2014-8123 · Note