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CVE-2015-4551

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 13.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-11-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

LibreOffice before 4.4.5 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2 uses the stored LinkUpdateMode configuration information in OpenDocument Format files and templates when handling links, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted document, which embeds data from local files into (1) Calc or (2) Writer.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache OpenOffice: through 4.1.1
• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 15.04
• Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0
• The Document Foundation LibreOffice: through 4.4.4

References

• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2619.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3394
• http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2015-4551/
• http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-4551.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77486
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034085
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034091
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2793-1
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-05
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-03
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2619.html

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