CVE-2015-5214

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2015-5214 · Published 10/11/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-5214 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting openoffice (apache), libreoffice (libreoffice).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 9.0%, higher than 95.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
openoffice apache	`≤ 4.1.1`	No fix yet
libreoffice libreoffice	`≤ 4.4.5`	No fix yet

Description

LibreOffice before 4.4.6 and 5.x before 5.0.1 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or execute arbitrary code via an index to a non-existent bookmark in a DOC file.

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2619.html
debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3394
libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2015-5214 · Vendor Advisory
openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-5214.html · Vendor Advisory
oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
securityfocus.com/bid/77486
securitytracker.com/id/1034086
securitytracker.com/id/1034091
ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2793-1
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-05
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-03

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