HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-1513

Openoffice vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
4.5%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
The Impress tool in Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or write) or execute arbitrary code via crafted MetaActions in an (1) ODP or (2) OTP file.
Affected vendor
Apache
Affected product
Openoffice
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2016-08-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.5% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-1513

  • Confirm whether Apache Openoffice is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-1513.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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