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Affected products: LibreOffice 3.x

Affected versions: LibreOffice versions up to 3.5.5.

Description:

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

1. An error in the processing hierarchy of tags in XML-files. This can be exploited to cause a heap overflow.

2. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when duplicating some tags in XML-files. This can be exploited to cause a heap overflow.

3. An error in the implementation of the decoder Base64 when exporting XML-files. This can be exploited to cause a heap overflow.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code, but requires that the victim opens a specially crafted ODF-file.

Manufacturer URL: http://www.libreoffice.org/

Solution: Install the latest version 3.5.5 from the manufacturer.

links:

http://www.libreoffice.org/advisories/CVE-2012-2665/