CVE-2015-1774

medium
Published 2015-04-28 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
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

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1774

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2015-1774/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-1774.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1:4.4.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1:4.4.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed1:4.4.2-1
debian debiansidfixed1:4.4.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1:4.4.2-1
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.10affected
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
redhat rhel6.0affected
fedora fedora21affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
apache apacheopenoffice{"endIncluding":"4.1.1"}
libreofficelibreoffice{"endIncluding":"4.3.6"}
libreofficelibreoffice4.4.0
libreofficelibreoffice4.4.1

References

CWEs

CWE-787

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.