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Medium
CVE-2015-1774
The HWP filter in LibreOffice before 4.3.7 and 4.4.x before...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032205
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3236
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-1774.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156582.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032206
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157550.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74338
- https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2015-1774/
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1458.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00015.html
- https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1094
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2578-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-05
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
ubuntu linux, debian linux, openoffice, fedora, enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux workstation, libreoffice
Vulnerable Versions:
12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 7.0, 8.0, 0, 21, 6.0, 4.4.0, 4.4.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
April 28th, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.