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CVE-2015-4588
Heap-based buffer overflow in the DecodeImage function in libwmf 0.2.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or…
- 6.8MediumCVSS base score
- 9.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the DecodeImage function in libwmf 0.2.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted "run-length count" in an image in a WMF file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 16 days later
· 16 days 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)
- 9.2% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (10 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
14
- DSA-3302 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150603 Re: CVE-2015-0848 - Heap overflow on libwmf0.2-7 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1132 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- GLSA-201602-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-9674 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2670-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1227243 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1134 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150615 Re: CVE-2015-0848 - Heap overflow on libwmf0.2-7 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 75230 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1032771 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:1212 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:1917 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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-2015-4608 (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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