It was discovered that libwmf did not properly process certain WMF files. By tricking a victim into opening a specially crafted WMF file in an application using libwmf, a remote attacker could possibly exploit this flaw to cause a crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.
Find out more about CVE-2015-4695 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (libwmf) | RHSA-2015:1917 | 2015-10-20 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (libwmf) | RHSA-2015:1917 | 2015-10-20 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libwmf | Will not fix |
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