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title: "CVE-2015-4695\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-4695

Publication date 1 July 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

meta.h in libwmf 0.2.8.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted WMF file.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4695?format=md#notes)

## Status

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| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libwmf | 15.04 vivid | Fixed 0.2.8.4-10.3ubuntu1.15.04.1 |
| 14.10 utopic | Fixed 0.2.8.4-10.3ubuntu1.14.10.1 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 0.2.8.4-10.3ubuntu1.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 0.2.8.4-10ubuntu1.1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [tyhicks](https://launchpad.net/~tyhicks)

See Debian bug for the test case and a potential fix

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-4695)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-4695)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-4695)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-4695)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2670-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2670-1)
+ libwmf vulnerabilities
+ 8 July 2015

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-4695>
