CVE-2015-5214

medium

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

CVSS v3

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CVSS v2

6.8

VIR risk

6.8

Description

LibreOffice before 4.4.6 and 5.x before 5.0.1 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via an index to a non-existent bookmark in a DOC file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5214

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-5214.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2015-5214/

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1:5.0.1~rc2-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1:5.0.1~rc2-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`1:5.0.1~rc2-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`1:5.0.1~rc2-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1:5.0.1~rc2-1`
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":"4.4.5"}`
apache	openoffice	`{"endIncluding":"4.1.1"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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