CVE-2015-5213: apache openoffice Numeric Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2015-5213 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Numeric Errors vulnerability in apache openoffice. EPSS estimates a 9.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
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 4Timeline
- 10-11-2015PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Integer overflow in LibreOffice before 4.4.5 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long DOC file, which triggers a buffer overflow.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
9.61%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
95%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -3.26 pp
From 12.87% 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
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian2 products
- libreoffice< 1:5.0.1~rc1-1
- debian_linuxEOL7.0 | 8.0
Apache1 product
- openoffice≤ 4.1.1
Canonical1 product
- ubuntu_linuxEOL12.04 | 14.04 | 15.04
Libreoffice1 product
- libreoffice≤ 4.4.4
Ubuntu1 product
- libreoffice< 1:4.2.8-0ubuntu3
5 vendors · 6 products
References
16 links- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
