MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2015-5212

Libreoffice vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
8.7%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Integer underflow in LibreOffice before 4.4.5 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2, when the configuration setting "Load printer settings with the document" is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted PrinterSetup data in an ODF document.
Affected vendor
Libreoffice
Affected product
Libreoffice
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2015-11-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2015-5212

  • Confirm whether Libreoffice Libreoffice is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2015-5212.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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