CVE-2015-4588

Exp

Heap-based buffer overflow in the DecodeImage function in libwmf 0.2.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted "run-length count" in an image in a WMF file.

Published: 2015-07-01 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-4588 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.71%, 90th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-4588

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-4588

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 2025-09-26 7.21% 5.71% -1.50%
2 2025-07-12 7.34% 7.21% -0.13%
3 2025-05-23 — 7.34% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-4588

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-2015-4588

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-4588

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-4588 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libwmf), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4588
gentoo normal CVE-2015-4588: 1 GLSA(s) (201602-03), 1 atom(s) (media-libs/libwmf); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2015-4588
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4588
suse medium CVE-2015-4588 severity moderate: SUSE including 36 source package names (libwmf, libwmf-0.2.8.4-206.29.29.1, …), 99 product×package rows across 36 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 7, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3, … (36 product lines)): Fixed 79, Known Not Affected 20. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-4588/
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-4588 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libwmf), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid): released 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4588

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-4588

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
opensuse opensuse 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wvware libwmf 0.2.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:wvware:libwmf:0.2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 21 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-4588

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