CVE-2015-5213
Integer overflow in LibreOffice before 4.4.5 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long DOC file, which triggers a…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (9.61%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Integer overflow in LibreOffice before 4.4.5 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long DOC file, which triggers a buffer overflow.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 9.61% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · apache/openoffice · libreoffice/libreoffice
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS moved from 9.6% on 22 October 2026 to 9.6% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2619.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3394
- http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2015-5213/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-5213.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77486
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034085
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034091
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2793-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-05
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-03
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2619.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3394
- http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2015-5213/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-5213.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77486
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034085
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034091
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2793-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-05
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-03
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.