Is CVE-2012-2665 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-2665 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-2665?

CVE-2012-2665 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2012-2665

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 7.0%EU EUVD

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in the XML manifest encryption tag parsing functionality in OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice before 3.5.5 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Open Document Text (.odt) file with (1) a child tag within an incorrect parent tag, (2) duplicate tags, or (3) a Base64 ChecksumAttribute whose length is not evenly divisible by four.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
EPSS score: 7.0% (94th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-2648)
Published: August 6, 2012
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2648 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apache / openoffice
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
libreoffice / libreoffice
redhat / enterprise linux
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux for ibm z systems
redhat / enterprise linux for power big endian
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server from rhui 6
redhat / enterprise linux workstation

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1135.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50142(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50146(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/50692(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/60799(Broken Link)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-05.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2520(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201408-19.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2012-2665/(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.pre-cert.de/advisories/PRE-SA-2012-05.txt(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54769(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027331(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027332(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1536-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1537-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=826077(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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