PT-2015-4915 · Linux+5 · Libwmf+5

Fernando Muñoz + 1 · Published 2015-07-01 · Updated 2025-09-03 · CVE-2015-0848

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions libwmf version 0.2.8.4

Description A heap-based buffer overflow issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted BMP image.

Recommendations For libwmf version 0.2.8.4, consider updating to a newer version that addresses this issue, as using a crafted BMP image could lead to a denial of service or code execution. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2017-2327

ALT-PU-2025-10401

ALT-PU-2025-11012

CESA-2015_1917

CVE-2015-0848

DLA-253-1

DSA-3302-1

MGASA-2015-0261

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10337-1

RHSA-2015:1917

RHSA-2015_1917

SUSE-SU-2015:1378-1

SUSE-SU-2015:1484-1

SUSE-SU-2015_1378-1

USN-2670-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Centos

Red Hat

Suse

Ubuntu

Libwmf

References · 93

• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2670-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-08514 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-2670-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4695 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libwmf · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2015-1917.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4696 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-3302-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160668.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-03 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-08515 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2015:1378-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-0848 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0261.html · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-08516 · Security Note