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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in LibreOffice up to 4.4.1/4.3.6 (Office Suite Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component HWP Filter. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed 04/28/2015 (Website). The advisory is available at libreoffice.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-1774 since 02/17/2015. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 83281 (FreeBSD : Vulnerablitiy in HWP document filter (b13af778-f4fc-11e4-a95d-ac9e174be3af)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family FreeBSD Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168163 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Recommended update for LibreOffice (SUSE-SU-2015:1915-1)).

Upgrading to version 4.4.2 or 4.3.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (102655) and Tenable (83281). The entry 75145 is pretty similar.

Productinfo

Type

• Office Suite Software

Name

• LibreOffice

Version

• 4.3.0
• 4.3.1
• 4.3.2
• 4.3.3
• 4.3.4
• 4.3.5
• 4.3.6
• 4.4.0
• 4.4.1

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 83281
Nessus Name: FreeBSD : Vulnerablitiy in HWP document filter (b13af778-f4fc-11e4-a95d-ac9e174be3af)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 14637
OpenVAS Name: RedHat Update for libreoffice RHSA-2015:1458-01
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

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Upgrade: LibreOffice 4.4.2/4.3.7

Timelineinfo

02/17/2015 🔍
04/28/2015 +70 days 🔍
04/28/2015 +0 days 🔍
04/28/2015 +0 days 🔍
04/29/2015 +1 days 🔍
05/08/2015 +9 days 🔍
05/09/2022 +2558 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: USN-2578-1
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-1774 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 102655 - Apache OpenOffice.org and LibreOffice HWP buffer overflow
SecurityTracker: 1032206 - LibreOffice Buffer Overflow in HWP Filter Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
SecurityFocus: 74338

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/29/2015 10:17
Updated: 05/09/2022 22:30
Changes: 04/29/2015 10:17 (56), 05/17/2018 23:23 (9), 05/09/2022 22:05 (3), 05/09/2022 22:17 (8), 05/09/2022 22:30 (1)
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