--- title: "CVE-2014-8123\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8123?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2014-8123 Publication date 5 December 2014 Last updated 17 July 2025 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Buffer overflow in the bGetPPS function in wordole.c in Antiword 0.37 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted document. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-8123?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | antiword | 14.10 utopic | Not affected | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur) was fixed in 0.37-5 ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-8123) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8123) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-8123) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8123) ### Other references * *