CVE-2015-4588: fedoraproject fedora
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-4588 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 9.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 6.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 3Timeline
- 01-07-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the DecodeImage function in libwmf 0.2.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted "run-length count" in an image in a WMF file.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
9.16%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
95%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.06 pp
From 9.22% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (bugzilla.redhat.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- libwmf< 0.2.8.4-10.4
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL21
Opensuse1 product
- opensuseEOL13.1 | 13.2
Ubuntu1 product
- libwmf< 0.2.8.4-10.3ubuntu1.14.04.1
Wvware1 product
- libwmf0.2.8.4
5 vendors · 5 products
References
18 links
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160668.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM