CVE-2015-1774
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.8
Description
The HWP filter in LibreOffice before 4.3.7 and 4.4.x before 4.4.2 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HWP document, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Fedora Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Affected | — |
Red Hat Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | Affected | — |
Ubuntu Affected 3 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 14.10 | Affected | — |
| 14.04 | Affected | — |
| 12.04 | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 7 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1:4.4.2-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1:4.4.2-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1:4.4.2-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1:4.4.2-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1:4.4.2-1 |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | openoffice | {"endIncluding":"4.1.1"} | |
| libreoffice | libreoffice | {"endIncluding":"4.3.6"} | |
| libreoffice | libreoffice | 4.4.0 | |
| libreoffice | libreoffice | 4.4.1 | |
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156582.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157550.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00015.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1458.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3236
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-1774.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74338
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032205
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032206
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2578-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-05
- https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2015-1774/
- https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1094
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1774
CWEs
CWE-787
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.