CVE-2015-1774
medium
CVSS v3
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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
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1774
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2015-1774/
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-1774.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:4.4.2-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:4.4.2-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:4.4.2-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:4.4.2-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1:4.4.2-1 |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 14.10 | affected | |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| rhel | 6.0 | affected | |
| fedora | 21 | 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
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.