libreoffice: Bookmarks in DOC documents are insufficiently checked causing memory corruption
Published Nov 10, 2015
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 9.55%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 15.04
- 7.0
- 8.0
Configuration 2
- ≤ 4.4.5
Configuration 3
- ≤ 4.1.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libreoffice-1:4.2.8.2-11.el6_7.1
Fixed · RHSA-2015:2619
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
libreoffice-1:4.3.7.2-5.el7_2.1
Fixed · RHSA-2015:2619
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
openoffice.org
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libreoffice-1:4.2.8.2-11.el6_7.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:2619 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | libreoffice-1:4.3.7.2-5.el7_2.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:2619 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | openoffice.org | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (20 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 9.55% (0.09554) | 95.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 9.55% (0.09554) | 94.82th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 13, 2026 | 29.52% (0.29516) | 96.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 35.61% (0.35608) | 96.91th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 29.52% (0.29516) | 96.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 35.61% (0.35608) | 96.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 29.52% (0.29516) | 96.40th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 35.61% (0.35608) | 96.96th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 13, 2025 | 29.52% (0.29516) | 96.39th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 12, 2025 | 15.94% (0.15939) | 94.45th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 10.23% (0.10232) | 92.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 14.34% (0.14335) | 90.71th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 10.23% (0.10232) | 92.57th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.95% (0.01951) | 89.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 17, 2024 | 1.95% (0.01951) | 88.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 28, 2023 | 1.87% (0.01872) | 86.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.73% (0.01726) | 85.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.96% (0.07963) | 93.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.96% (0.07963) | 92.64th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.96% (0.07963) | 81.80th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (15)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2619.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3394 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2015-5214/ x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-5214.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77486 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034086 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034091 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2793-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5214 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1278827 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5214
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-05 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-03 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5214
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