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CVE-2015-4696

libwmf: use-after-free flaw in meta.h

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4

CVSS 2.0

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Published · May 3, 2015

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

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.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CWE-416 · Use After Free