CVE-2015-1774

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2015-04-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-787

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.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache OpenOffice: through 4.1.1
Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 14.10
Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0
Fedoraproject Fedora: 21
The Document Foundation LibreOffice: through 4.3.6; 4.4.0, 4.4.1
RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0
RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156582.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157550.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00015.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1458.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3236
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-1774.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74338
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032205
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032206
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2578-1
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-05
https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2015-1774/

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