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CVE-2015-4588

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CVE-2015-4588 is a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the DecodeImage function of libwmf 0.2.8.4, affecting various Fedora and openSUSE products. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted WMF file containing a malicious run-length count. With a CVSS score of 6.8, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file) for exploitation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wvware:libwmf:0.2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
9.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0922 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libwmf-0:0.2.8.4-25.el6_7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libwmf-0:0.2.8.4-41.el7_1
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libwmf

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-4588Important

libwmf: heap overflow within the RLE decoding of embedded BMP images

Jun 1, 2015

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-June/160668.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00051.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-06/msg00053.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00018.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-1917.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201602-03
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3302
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/06/03/6
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/06/16/4
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
securityfocus.com / bid/75230
securitytracker.com / id/1032771
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2670-1