CVE-2015-5212

medium
Published 2015-11-10 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Integer underflow in LibreOffice before 4.4.5 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2, when the configuration setting "Load printer settings with the document" is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted PrinterSetup data in an ODF document.

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-2015-5212

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-5212.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2015-5212/

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1:5.0.1~rc1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1:5.0.1~rc1-1
debian debianforkyfixed1:5.0.1~rc1-1
debian debiansidfixed1:5.0.1~rc1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1:5.0.1~rc1-1
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.04affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
libreofficelibreoffice{"endIncluding":"4.4.4"}
apache apacheopenoffice{"endIncluding":"4.1.1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-191

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