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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 denial of service (cras…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 12.04, 14.04, 14.10
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 7.0, 8.0
ApacheOpenoffice
through 4.1.1
FedoraprojectFedora
Version 21
RedhatEnterprise Linux Desktop
Version 6.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server
Version 6.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Workstation
Version 6.0
LibreofficeLibreoffice
through 4.3.6
Versions 4.4.0, 4.4.1

Weakness classification

References