CVE-2015-4551: Apache Openoffice

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 13.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

LibreOffice before 4.4.5 and Apache OpenOffice before 4.1.2 uses the stored LinkUpdateMode configuration information in OpenDocument Format files and templates when handling links, which might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted document, which embeds data from local files into (1) Calc or (2) Writer.

Affected products

• Apache Openoffice: up to and including 4.1.1
• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 15.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only; version 8.0 only
• Libreoffice Libreoffice: up to and including 4.4.4

Published 2015-11-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.