CVE-2015-4551
LibreOffice before 4.4.5 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2 uses the stored LinkUpdateMode configuration information in OpenDocument…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 13.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 months later
· 5 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 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.8% · top 3.5% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- 1034085 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- GLSA-201611-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 1034091 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:2619 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-2793-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 77486 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2015-4551/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201603-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-4551.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3394 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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-2015-4571 (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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