CVE-2015-1774

The HWP filter in LibreOffice before 4.3.7 and 4.4.x before 4.4.2 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted HWP document, which triggers an out-of-bounds write.

Published: 2015-04-28 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-1774 is rated Moderate Risk (60.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.65%, 94th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-1774

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 7.40% 7.65% +0.24%
2 2026-05-13 9.72% 7.40% -2.32%
3 2026-03-13 — 9.72% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-1774

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-1774

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-1774

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-1774 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libreoffice), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1774
gentoo normal CVE-2015-1774: 1 GLSA(s) (201603-05), 4 atom(s) (app-office/libreoffice, app-office/libreoffice-bin, app-office/libreoffice-bin-debug, app-office/openoffice-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-1774
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1774
suse medium CVE-2015-1774 severity moderate: SUSE including 240 source package names (apache-commons-logging-1.1.3-7.1, flute-1.3.0-4.2, …), 492 product×package rows across 16 product lines (Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-BYOS, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-On-Demand, … (16 product lines)): Fixed 492. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1774/
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-1774 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (libreoffice, openoffice.org), 11 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid): DNE 3, released 3, needs-triage 2, not-affected 2, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1774

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-1774

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache openoffice <= 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:openoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 21 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice <= 4.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 4.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:4.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libreoffice libreoffice 4.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:libreoffice:libreoffice:4.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-1774

URL Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/156582.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-May/157550.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00015.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1458.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3236 Third Party Advisory
http://www.openoffice.org/security/cves/CVE-2015-1774.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74338 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032205 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032206 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2578-1 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-05 Third Party Advisory
https://www.libreoffice.org/about-us/security/advisories/cve-2015-1774/ Vendor Advisory
https://www.verisign.com/en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1094 Third Party Advisory
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