UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4588

    Dashboard / Vulnerabilities / UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4588

    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-4588

    Published: 1 Jul 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-4588
    Aliases:
    USN-2670-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4588, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/4, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2670-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4588

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libwmf

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.2.8.4-10.3ubuntu1.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    0.2.8.4-10.3ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High