CVE-2015-5214
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 9
Modified
Published: 10 Nov 2015, 16:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 06:41
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
33/100 CVSS Score
6.8 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
29.52% HIGH
30% probability -6.09%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
10 Nov 2015, 16:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 06:41
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
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.
CVSS Metrics
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 29.52%• Percentile: 97%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
Affected Systems
- apache•openoffice
≤ 4.1.1
- canonical•ubuntu_linux
12.04 | 14.04 | 15.04
- debian•debian_linux
7.0 | 8.0
- libreoffice•libreoffice
≤ 4.4.5
References (11)
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-03
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034091
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2619.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2793-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77486
- http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2015-5214/
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-5214.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034086
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-05
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3394