When was CVE-2005-2971 disclosed?

CVE-2005-2971 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on October 20, 2005, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2005-2971 actively exploited?

CVE-2005-2971 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 91.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2005-2971?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2005-2971, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2005-2971

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

Heap-based buffer overflow in the KWord RTF importer for KOffice 1.2.0 through 1.4.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTF file.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 91.3%
KEV: Not listed

References (36)

secalert@redhathttp://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-005.txt
secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/17145/
secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/17171
secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/17190
secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/17212
secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/17332
secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/17480
secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/17486
secalert@redhathttp://securitytracker.com/id?1015035
secalert@redhathttp://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2005&m=slackware-security.388487
secalert@redhathttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-872
secalert@redhathttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-12.xml
secalert@redhathttp://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20051011-1.txt
secalert@redhathttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_25_sr.html
secalert@redhathttp://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-October/msg00042.html

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