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CVE-2015-1774 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156582.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157550.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00015.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1458.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3236 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-1774.html CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74338 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032205 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032206 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2578-1 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-05 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 
https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2015-1774/ CVE, Inc., Red Hat Vendor Advisory 
https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1094 CVE, Inc., Red Hat Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2015-1774
NVD Published Date:
04/28/2015
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.