CVE-2015-4551

medium

Published 2015-11-10 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.3

Description

LibreOffice before 4.4.5 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2 uses the stored LinkUpdateMode configuration information in OpenDocument Format files and templates when handling links, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted document, which embeds data from local files into (1) Calc or (2) Writer.

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

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1:5.0.1~rc1-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1:5.0.1~rc1-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`1:5.0.1~rc1-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`1:5.0.1~rc1-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1:5.0.1~rc1-1`
debian	7.0	affected
debian	8.0	affected
ubuntu	12.04	affected
ubuntu	14.04	affected
ubuntu	15.04	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
libreoffice	libreoffice	`{"endIncluding":"4.4.4"}`
apache	openoffice	`{"endIncluding":"4.1.1"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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