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CVE-2015-5213 (GCVE-0-2015-5213)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-11-10 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 06:41
VLAI
Summary
Integer overflow in LibreOffice before 4.4.5 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long DOC file, which triggers a buffer overflow.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77486 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201603-05 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3394 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2015-11-04 00:00
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