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CVE-2015-1774
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…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 7.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.6% · top 5.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- 1032205 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-3236 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-1774.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-7022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 1032206 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-7213 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 74338 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2015-1774/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1458 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0859 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20150427 Multiple Vendor LibreOffice "HWPFILTER" Out Of Bounds Access Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- USN-2578-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- GLSA-201603-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2015-1903 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2015-1774)Record last updated .