CVE-2015-1774
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 6.8 · Out-of-bounds write
6.8CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)8%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-1774.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156582.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157550.htmlAdvisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00015.htmlAdvisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1458.htmlAdvisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3236Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74338Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032205Advisory