CVE-2015-5212

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.7% 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-191

Description

Integer underflow in LibreOffice before 4.4.5 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2, when the configuration setting "Load printer settings with the document" is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted PrinterSetup data in an ODF document.

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-2015-5212/
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-5212.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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