Gentoo: GLSA 200407-11 Normal: wv Buffer Overflow Risk For Code Execution
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July 14, 2004
A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the wv library that can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the vulnerable application
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200407-11
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: wv: Buffer overflow vulnerability
Date: July 14, 2004
Bugs: #56595
ID: 200407-11
Synopsis
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A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the wv library that can allow
an attacker to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
running the vulnerable application.
Background
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The wv library allows access to MS Word files. It can parse Word files
and allow other applications, such as abiword, to import those files
into their native formats.
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